[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 21, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H4022]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              CONTINUE FIGHTING FOR EQUAL RIGHTS OF WOMEN

  (Ms. ESCOBAR asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. ESCOBAR. Madam Speaker, today, we recognize a historic day in our 
Nation, the 100th anniversary of the House passage of the 19th 
Amendment, which, once ratified, granted most women the right to vote, 
bringing them one step closer to equality with their male peers.
  That ratification was 10 years in the making. Sadly, this pace of 
progress, this slow pace, is still all too common. Throughout history, 
women have had to fight for the same rights automatically afforded to 
men. Today, that fight continues.
  As we stand on the shoulders of all the women who challenged 
convention, who fought and refused to quit so that we could be here in 
a moment where some 68 million women vote in America and the first two 
Latina women represent Texas in the people's House, our responsibility 
is to continue that fight against the erosion of women's rights that we 
are witnessing today and to fight for equal treatment and opportunity 
for all.

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