[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 21, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H4020-H4021]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        100TH ANNIVERSARY OF PASSAGE OF THE NINETEENTH AMENDMENT

  (Ms. SANCHEZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SANCHEZ. Madam Speaker, today marks the 100th anniversary of the 
House passage of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to 
vote.
  It is hard to think that, 100 years later, for most of our Nation's 
history, including my grandmother's and great-grandmother's 
generations, women contributed to the building of our Nation but lacked 
this basic civil right.
  In America, your vote is your voice; it is what makes all of us 
equal. We each have one vote. Voting is one of the most important 
things that you can do as a citizen.
  When the 19th Amendment passed over 100 years ago, only one woman 
served in the United States House of Representatives. When I began my 
congressional career here in 2003, 60 women were serving in the House.
  Today, I am proud to serve in the House with 127 women, including 14 
other Latinas. That, my friends, is progress.
  While we have made significant improvements to expand the 
representation of women in our political system, we still have a long 
way to go. So let

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us honor this anniversary by committing ourselves to continuing the 
unfinished work toward achieving full equality for women in this 
country.

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