[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]




    19TH AMENDMENT ENSURED WOMEN FULL PARTICIPATION IN OUR DEMOCRACY

  (Mrs. WAGNER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. WAGNER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to support H. Res. 354, 
celebrating the 100th anniversary of this body passing the 19th 
Amendment.
  On May 21, 1919, the House of Representatives approved a proposed 
amendment to the Constitution that provided suffrage for women. This 
amendment not only ensured that all women are full participants in our 
democracy, but it also ensured that the United States is a full 
democracy.
  Women and girls have always possessed the same fundamental rights as 
men and are essential to a stable, peaceful society.
  On behalf of every woman in the Second District of Missouri, I honor 
the role that the ratification of the 19th Amendment played in 
fulfilling the principles of the Constitution for women.
  I commit to working to strengthen our democracy as we remember 
remarkable women like Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and 
others who fought for our freedoms.

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