[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 21, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H4052-H4053]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          SUFFRAGE CENTENNIAL

  (Mr. LEVIN of Michigan asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LEVIN of Michigan. Madam Speaker, today marks 100 years exactly 
since the U.S. House of Representatives approved the 19th Amendment and 
moved our Nation one step closer to full voting rights for women.
  I am so proud that the great State of Michigan was among the first to 
ratify the 19th Amendment, and I was proud to join my colleagues today 
to pass a bipartisan resolution to commemorate and celebrate the 
amendment.
  I rise now to honor all the suffragettes whose names we know and all 
those we don't, who put themselves in danger to help make a more 
perfect union. But I also rise to honor those who follow in their 
footsteps, like my incredible classmates in the 116th Congress.
  Just like the suffragettes helped usher our Nation forward, they, 
too, have opened doors that young women like my own daughter, Molly, 
may walk through some day.
  It is an honor to fight alongside them today and every day.

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