[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 15926]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      WOMEN AND THE SUPREME COURT

  (Mrs. MALONEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, Members on both sides of the aisle and 
Americans of all political persuasions are heaping praise on Sandra Day 
O'Connor for her distinguished service on the Supreme Court. Finding a 
fair-minded, evenhanded Justice to replace her, someone who will 
receive similar bipartisan accolades when all is said and done, should 
be our goal. And I know she is out there somewhere.
  Will the President make it a priority to maintain women's 
representation on the Court at a paltry 22 percent? Or are we bound to 
a dismal 11 percent? We do not need a return to token representation.
  In the President's campaign, he used the slogan, W is for women; but 
anyone familiar with his administration's record on equal pay, child 
care, reproductive freedom, and enforcing discrimination laws knows 
that W is for woeful on women's issues.

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