[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 417]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           WOMEN IN CONGRESS

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I wish to comment on an issue that I think 
is so important. In reading the Hill publication Roll Call, I think it 
speaks volumes to look at page 13. I see the distinguished Democratic 
leader coming in, and I am sure he would agree with that.
  On this page, it indicates why, from the time he and I came to the 
Senate, things have changed for the better. This is a picture of all 
the women in the Senate. There are 3 Republicans and I think 9 or 10 
Democrats. It is really a tremendously important picture.
  I recall last year when the military construction appropriations bill 
came to the floor. That committee was chaired by the Senator from 
California, Mrs. Feinstein, and the ranking member was the Senator from 
Texas, Kay Bailey Hutchison. That says it all.
  I think this is a better place and we are a better country for having 
these women in the Senate.
  Then I show to my distinguished friend, the Democratic leader, on 
this same page there is a picture of the Democratic leader in the House 
of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi. I think that is really tremendous, 
and we should think every day about what a better place this is because 
of the women who have been elected to the House and Senate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The minority leader.

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