[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 171 (Thursday, October 1, 2020)]
[House]
[Pages H5437-H5438]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  HONORING JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG

  (Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor a fearless 
visionary woman who has transcended

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generations with her legal mind, compassion, and wit.
  As a Jewish woman, she was a personal inspiration to me, my 
daughters, and millions of others who follow in her footsteps and are 
guided by the same values of justice and tikkun olam.
  In Hebrew, there is a saying: ``May your memory be for a 
revolution.'' And that aim is our promise to Justice Ginsburg.
  Around this country, access to vital reproductive healthcare is 
hanging on by a thread.
  Yesterday marked the 44th anniversary of the Hyde Amendment.
  Low-income women and women of color are forced to make tough economic 
decisions every day that often put their own lives and that of their 
families at risk because of their inability to access critical family 
planning.
  Just Ginsburg fought for these women. For all women. She was a 
tireless defender of our Nation's promise of freedom, justice, and 
equality for all.
  Yet with her passing, we find ourselves in a push to subvert 
reproductive rights and dismantle healthcare protections that 135 
million people, including me, with a preexisting condition, rely upon.
  Justice Ginsburg passed on Erev Rosh Hashanah, the start to the 
Jewish new year. They say that those who die on this day are a tzadik, 
or a person of righteousness. Ruth Bader Ginsburg was certainly that 
and more.
  May Justice Ginsburg's memory be a blessing and her example a 
righteous inspiration for us all.

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