[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 172 (Friday, October 2, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E921]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                CELEBRATING JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG

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                          HON. SUSAN A. DAVIS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 2, 2020

  Mrs. DAVIS of California. Madam Speaker, today we celebrate Ruth 
Bader Ginsburg. We remember her groundbreaking work and remarkable 
legacy. We owe our opportunity to be who we are to what she 
accomplished.
  That's why we call her the Notorious RBG.
  Justice Ginsburg defied expectations. Despite her acumen and proven 
ability in the law, she was denied jobs for which she was well-
qualified. She nonetheless pursued that career at a time when social 
norms kept women at home and discouraged them from working.
  Justice Ginsburg showed up for a generation of women and men. 
Equality drove her work.
  Her vision and imagination demanded that she not allow an 
individual's dreams be shortchanged by institutional inequality.
  When people are held back by unjust laws, they cannot flourish and 
thrive. She felt that in her bones, and she strove to fix it.
  As a Jewish woman, I feel a strong sense of identity with her. She 
was grounded in the teaching of Tikkun Olum--to repair the world and 
the Torah's admonition that one doesn't have to complete the work but 
cannot desist trying.
  Now, there will be not just a void with her passing, but a chasm as 
our role model--our champion of liberty, equality, and democracy.
  So we and future generations must pick up the torch and continue her 
fight.

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