[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 21, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H4054]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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               CELEBRATING ANNIVERSARY OF 19TH AMENDMENT

  (Mrs. TRAHAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. TRAHAN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the passage 
of the 19th Amendment 100 years ago today.
  It is remarkable to imagine that the fundamental right to vote was 
only granted to women this recently. If only the suffragettes who 
sacrificed so much for so long could see the results of their movement, 
that I would be serving in Congress shoulder to shoulder with 131 
women, the most in our Nation's history.
  We know that better decisions are made when more women are at the 
table, from the boardroom to the floor of this historic Chamber.
  Women have been blazing the path of social progress in the United 
States for centuries, marching for civil rights, striking for workers' 
rights, organizing against gun violence, and speaking out on sexual 
harassment. Today, we continue to reshape our country, writing new 
history in the Halls of Congress.
  We stand on the shoulders of those who came before us, women like 
Susan B. Anthony, Shirley Chisholm, Edith Nourse Rogers, and many more, 
and make sure we do our part to pave the new path for women to follow 
after us.
  Madam Speaker, I am proud and honored to take part in celebrating the 
anniversary of the 19th Amendment.

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