[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 37 (Wednesday, March 5, 2014)]
[House]
[Pages H2158-H2159]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH

  (Ms. HAHN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. HAHN. Madam Speaker, this month we join together as a nation to 
celebrate Women's History Month. We pay tribute to the generation of 
women whose courage, perseverance, and leadership have helped build our 
great Nation--from everyday working mothers to women like civil rights 
icon Rosa Parks and labor activist Dolores Huerta. Our journey would 
not be possible without these great women and so many others who 
proudly took the seat at the table and at the front of the bus to chart 
the way for our Nation's progress.
  But, while progress has been made in gender equality, we still have a 
lot more work to do when two-thirds of the minimum wage workers are 
women in this country and nearly one-third of families headed by a 
single female are living in poverty.
  Instead of simply using Women's History Month to highlight the 
contributions of women leaders, let's take this

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opportunity to examine the current challenges facing our mothers, our 
sisters, and our daughters and ensure that these women have workplace 
protections such as equal pay, affordable child care, and medical 
leave.
  Our success as a nation hinges on the success of women, because we 
know that when women succeed, America succeeds.

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