[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 17, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H1417]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        GUARANTEE WOMEN EQUALITY

  (Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida. Madam Speaker, I stand in favor of 
removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights 
amendment, and I ask the following question: What do the following 
women have in common?
  Teacher Melissa Falkowski, who saved 19 children during the massacre 
at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School;
  Senator Tammy Duckworth, who lost both her legs in a combat mission 
in Iraq;
  Chemist Alice Ball, who revolutionized the treatment for leprosy;
  Joy Harjo, who was the first Native American poet laureate;
  Dolores Huerta, civil rights activist;
  The nearly 9 out of 10 nurses and two-thirds of the workers at 
grocery store checkouts and fast-food counters who are women.
  What do they have in common? No matter the sacrifice or contribution 
to society, if you are a woman or a girl in the United States of 
America, you are not guaranteed equality under the law.
  After 245 years since the birth of our Nation, it is time to pass the 
equal rights amendment.

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