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




                         WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH

  (Ms. HAHN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. HAHN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize Women's History Month and 
the bold women pioneers who shattered glass ceilings and paved the way 
for women across this country to succeed.
  From the courageous women at the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention who 
came up with the audacious new idea of women's rights, to the 
suffragettes who won the right to vote in 1920, we stand on the 
shoulders of the giants that came before us.
  But women's history does not end there. From the first woman Speaker 
of the House, Nancy Pelosi, to the three women on the Supreme Court, to 
women candidates for President, bold women continue to break barriers.
  But there is work to be done. Women are still paid less for the same 
work as their male counterparts. We are more than half the population, 
but just 20 percent of Congress. The United States continues to be one 
of just three nations in the world with no paid maternity leave law.
  I know my daughter and my granddaughters deserve the same 
opportunities as my sons and grandsons. I am going to fight on behalf 
of the women across this country until that is a reality.

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