[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 40 (Thursday, March 18, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H1598]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mrs. CAPPS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, I rise in recognition of March as Women's 
History Month. Throughout history, women have been at the forefront of 
our Nation's most important struggles; the abolition movement, support 
for people with disabilities, efforts to enact child labor laws, civil 
rights, and environmental causes, to name a few. And now we are again 
at the forefront of one of the most historic efforts of our time, the 
fight for affordable health care coverage.
  It's not coincidence that we are finally making progress on health 
care reform with the first woman Speaker of the House at the helm, a 
woman in charge at the White House Office of Health Reform, as well as 
several Cabinet Secretaries.
  Finally, with all due respect to our male colleagues, I believe it is 
very appropriate during Women's History Month that we pay special 
tribute to the women of the House as we continue fighting for the 
causes our mothers and grandmothers fought for before us. Together, we 
will continue to make history and will do so next with the passage of 
health care reform.

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