[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 35 (Thursday, March 11, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H1326]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              HONORING WOMEN IN PENNSYLVANIA'S LEGISLATURE

  (Mrs. DAHLKEMPER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. DAHLKEMPER. Mr. Speaker, March is Women's History Month, and 
this year will be the 90th anniversary of the adoption of the 19th 
Amendment. Yet after nine decades, the United States ranks only 74th 
out of 187 countries for the percentage of women in Federal 
legislature, with only 17 percent as Members of Congress that are 
female.
  In my home State of Pennsylvania, only 14 percent of the general 
assembly are women. For Women's History Month, I would like to 
recognize the women of my district who serve in the Pennsylvania 
General Assembly: State Senators Jane Earll, Jane Clare Orie and Mary 
Jo White; and State Representatives Michele Brooks, Donna Oberlander, 
and Kathy Rapp.
  I am proud so many women represent western Pennsylvania in 
Harrisburg. It is my hope that women in Pennsylvania and across this 
country will be inspired to seek office at the local, State, and 
Federal level.

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