[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9655]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        WOMAN ON THE TWENTY ACT

  (Mrs. BEATTY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mrs. BEATTY. Mr. Speaker, the American people have spoken. I join 
over 1 million Americans who voted in an online poll conducted by Women 
on 20s, a nonprofit grassroots organization, to put a woman on the $20 
bill.
  To celebrate the amazing achievements of women throughout our 
history, I introduced the legislation to Put a Woman on the Twenty Act, 
H.R. 2147, which would empower the Secretary of Treasury to put a woman 
on the face of a $20 bill as soon as possible.
  Since the first general circulation of paper currency in this 
country, no woman has ever held the honor of being featured on paper 
money, and I would say to Secretary Lew that you need look no further 
than the people's choice winner, Harriet Tubman, for inspiration. In 
her words, ``Every great dream begins with a dreamer.'' In her dreams, 
she always had a vision. More than ever, my vision is a redesign of the 
$20 bill.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me and support putting a 
woman on the $20 bill.

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