[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 9767-9768]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         WOMEN'S HISTORY MUSEUM

  (Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York asked and was given permission 
to address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, last month, this 
body passed H.R. 863, a bill I authored along with the gentlewoman from 
Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn). This bill would create a national 
commission to develop a plan for a national women's history museum on 
or near the Mall in Washington, D.C.
  This would be the first national women's history museum in our 
country and, I believe, in the world. It passed this body with a huge 
bipartisan support and vote.
  My friends and colleagues in the other body, Senators Susan Collins 
and Barbara Mikulski, are working hard to pass this bill, and I hope 
their colleagues in the Senate will move quickly and allow an up-or-
down vote.
  Passing this bill won't cost taxpayers a single dime, but it will be 
a valuable

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first step in honoring our Nation's foremothers and inspiring future 
generations of women.

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