[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7025]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        SISTER TO SISTER FLY-IN

  (Ms. McKINNEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. McKINNEY. Mr. Speaker, for several years I have sponsored the 
Sister to Sister Fly-In, an event that allows women from my district to 
come to Washington and discuss issues that are important to them, 
issues like health care, child care, improved public education, and 
protecting Social Security.
  Today, I would like to welcome some 50 women from Georgia's 4th 
Congressional District who are here with me to experience firsthand how 
our political system works and how they, as women, are changing the 
landscape of American politics.
  Currently, 65 women serve in the U.S. Congress, a record 9 in the 
Senate, and a record 56 in the House. Although we have been shut out of 
the political process in the past, we have always been in the vanguard 
of social change, including women like Rosa Parks, whom we honored 
yesterday with the Congressional Medal of Honor.
  The increased participation of women in the political process is a 
must for ensuring that women have an equal say in the crucial issues 
that affect us all.

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