[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 46 (Tuesday, March 17, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H3472]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, obviously I rise to 
commemorate some special days, St. Patrick's Day to all of my wonderful 
Irish friends all over the Nation, and certainly to perpetuate the 
wonderful relationship that we have with the great nation of Ireland.
  At the same time, we have the opportunity to celebrate supporting the 
goals and ideals of National Women's History Month, and I thank my good 
friend, Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey, for offering H. Res. 211, 
supporting the goals and ideals of National Women's History Month.
  There is so much we can say as part of the great history of the women 
of this country and around the world, but we all should note that women 
express and exhibit a very special part of American history.
  Today, women account for 51 percent of the world's population, and 
throughout women's time, we have had countless sisters of brilliance. 
And so I salute them today and say we must stand for the cause of pay 
equity, and I am excited that one of the first bills that the President 
signed was pay equity.
  I am also excited to note that I offered legislation to support the 
placement of Sojourner Truth, a suffragette and an abolitionist, in the 
House of the United States Capitol, and that will be done.
  Let me close by simply thanking all of the great women of this 
Nation, Barbara Jordan and others, for what they have done and what 
they have contributed to America's history.

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