[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 100 (Wednesday, June 20, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1364]
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CELEBRATING THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF TITLE IX OF THE EDUCATION AMENDMENTS 
   OF 1972 AND RECOGNIZING THE NEED TO CONTINUE PURSUING EDUCATIONAL 
                   OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS

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                               speech of

                        HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 18, 2007

  Mrs. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H. 
Res. 406, introduced by our new colleague from Hawaii, Mazie Hirono. 
Following in the long tradition of her fellow Hawaiian, our beloved 
Congresswoman Patsy Mink, Rep. Hirono has introduced this important 
resolution which celebrates the 35th anniversary and accomplishments of 
Title IX of the Higher Education Act.
  Title IX constituted a landmark civil rights victory for equal 
opportunity. It has created an even playing field for women to obtain 
crucial scholarships to help defray the rapidly escalating costs of a 
college education, facilitating the steady rise in the number of female 
doctors, attorneys, professors and corporate executives who help keep 
the American economy humming. Title IX has also signaled a sea change 
in women's athletics, with girls' participation in high school sports 
skyrocketing by 800 percent and in college by 400 percent since its 
passage. Because of Title IX, our daughters are healthier, have higher 
grades, lower pregnancy rates, are less likely to use drugs and are 
more likely to graduate from college.
  Though Title IX has been a huge success, the battle for equality is 
not yet won. In 2002, women made up 54 percent of college students, but 
they only comprised 43 percent of college athletes. Meanwhile, men 
received 36 percent more athletic scholarships than women. Women also 
receive only 20 percent of computer science and engineering-related 
technology bachelor's degrees and only 39 percent of all full 
professors at colleges and universities are women.
  Girls and women have benefitted immeasurably from this critical 
legislation. Now is the time to praise and protect Title IX, not 
curtail it. I thank Congresswoman Hirono for recognizing this important 
anniversary and call on my colleagues to support this resolution.

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