[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 29, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H1252]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     EQUALITY BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN

  (Ms. GABBARD asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. GABBARD. Madam Speaker, it has been nearly 100 years since women 
fought for and won the right to vote. Yet, we still do not have equal 
rights and protection under the United States Constitution.
  There are too many examples in our everyday lives where women still 
do not get equal pay for equal work and where we still face 
discrimination simply for being women.
  In 1923, the Equal Rights Amendment was introduced in Congress to 
prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex and was reintroduced every 
session until it finally passed in 1972.
  However, with an arbitrary deadline in 1982, by that time, only 35 
States out of the required 38 had ratified the amendment. In the past 2 
years, we have inched forward with successful votes in Nevada and 
Illinois, and now we are just one State away from finally passing the 
Equal Rights Amendment.
  This is not about politics. It is about equality. It is about 
humanity. It is long overdue that we pass the Equal Rights Amendment 
and include equality between men and women in the United States 
Constitution

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