[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 17 (Monday, January 27, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H558]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              CONGRATULATING VIRGINIA ON ERA RATIFICATION

  (Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York asked and was given permission 
to address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, I rise to 
congratulate leaders in Virginia for their historic vote to become the 
38th State to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment today.
  For decades, ERA advocates across the country have been fighting so 
that equality for women and men is constitutionally protected. The 
momentum behind the effort has never been stronger.
  I have sponsored the Equal Rights Amendment for many years because I 
believe it is the only way to make lasting progress on the goals we 
consistently fight for, like equal pay for equal work, ending pregnancy 
discrimination, and combating gender-based violence.
  The ERA is a legal foundation that can withstand changing political 
whims of legislators, judges, or occupants of the White House.
  Women are long past due equal treatment under the law. We will 
persist until it is firmly guaranteed. We demand full equality now. We 
demand that it be spelled out in the Constitution. And you spell it E-
R-A.

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