[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 7803]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY

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                        HON. ROBERT B. ADERHOLT

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 27, 2003

  Mr. ADERHOLT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the work of a great 
American, Phyllis Schlafly. Mrs. Schlafly was named one of the 100 most 
important women of the 20th century by the Ladies' Home Journal, and 
has been a national leader of the conservative movement since the 
publication of her bestselling 1964 book, A Choice Not An Echo.
  Mrs. Schlafly has been a leader of the pro-family movement since 
1972, when she started her national volunteer organization now called 
Eagle Forum. In a ten-year battle, she led the profamily movement to 
victory over the principal legislative goal of the radical feminists, 
called the Equal Rights Amendment. An articulate and successful 
opponent of the radical feminist movement, she appears in debate on 
college campuses more frequently than any other conservative.
  Mrs. Schlafly's monthly newsletter called The Phyllis Schlafly Report 
is now in its 36th year. Her syndicated column appears in 100 
newspapers, her radio commentaries are heard daily on 460 stations, and 
her radio talk show on education called ``Phyllis Schlafly Live'' is 
heard weekly on 45 stations. Both can be heard on the internet.
  In addition, she is the author or editor of 21 books on subjects as 
varied as family (The Power of the Positive Woman) and feminism 
(Feminist Fantasies), nuclear strategy (Strike From Space and Kissinger 
on the Couch), education (Child Abuse in the Classroom), and child care 
(Who Will Rock the Cradle?). Her recent book, Turbo Reader, is a system 
to enable every parent to teach his child to read.
  Mrs. Schlafly is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Washington University, 
received her J.D. from Washington University Law School, and received 
her Master's in Political Science from Harvard University. She is a 
lawyer who served on the Commission on the Bicentennial of the U.S. 
Constitution appointed by President Reagan, has testified before more 
than 50 Congressional and State Legislative committees on 
constitutional, national defense, and family issues.
  The mother of six children and an Illinois Mother of the Year, Mrs. 
Schlafly is America's best-known advocate of the dignity and honor that 
we as a society owe to the role of fulltime homemaker.
  Phyllis Schlafly was honored in 2002 by Focus on the Family as the 
Mother of the Profamily Movement, and in 2003 she was the honoree at 
dinners hosted by the Council for National Policy and the Conservative 
Political Action Committee. She has since 1972 traveled at least 
annually to Alabama to debate and speak eloquently on issues that 
affect the family.
  The Alabama Policy Institute, Christian Coalition of Alabama, and the 
Southeast Law Institute have joined the Eagle Forum of Alabama to honor 
Mrs. Schlafly and express their admiration, appreciation, and 
affirmation of her exemplary service to God, family and country. As 
President Ronald Reagan said: ``Our nation needs the kind of volunteer 
service you and Eagle Forum have demonstrated. . . .'' And as American 
Conservative Union Chairman David Keene said in a statement this year 
about Mrs. Schlafly: ``If there are giants among us, you are certainly 
one. The movement of which we are all part would never have achieved 
the successes it has without you . . . you had the courage to be 
`conservative before it was cool'. . . the fact that so many young 
people are attracted to our banner today is a tribute to your work.''
  I stand with these groups and individuals to honor Phyllis Schlafly 
for her service to our country and culture, and her commitment to 
conservative family values.

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