[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 2512-2513]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY, INC.

  (Mrs. BEATTY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mrs. BEATTY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Delta Sigma Theta 
Sorority, Inc., established January 13, 1913, by 22 collegiate women at 
Howard University.
  From those humble beginnings 103 years ago, to today, there are more 
than 200,000 Deltas and 1,000 college and alumni chapters worldwide.

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  Mr. Speaker, today is the first day of Women's History Month. 
Thousands of Deltas flood Capitol Hill to meet with Members of Congress 
to discuss some of our most pressing issues.
  I thank you, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, for standing up for Attorney 
General Loretta Lynch of the United States and for coming today with a 
national agenda: equal pay for equal work, sustaining the Affordable 
Care Act, educational reform for college school funding, and yes, 
opposing the Voting Rights Act.
  Mr. Speaker, please join me and the three other Members of Congress 
of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, for saluting them for being on the Hill 
today, and to my Columbus Alumni Chapter, and Delta Kappa, where I was 
made.

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