[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2514]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH

  (Mr. KILDEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to mark the start of Women's 
History Month and to honor all of the women who have shaped our 
country's history. So many women have shattered glass ceilings along 
the way, like my friend Dolores Watkins Ennis, one of the first African 
American secondary schoolteachers in my hometown of Flint, Michigan.
  While this month we celebrate all of the great achievements of women 
like Dolores, let us not lose sight of the barriers that women still 
face in this country.
  Women make up almost half of all workers. Working mothers are the 
primary breadwinners for many American families, yet the fight for 
justice, for equal rights and greater opportunity is far, far from 
over.
  We need to promote policies that mean greater opportunity for women 
and their families, like commonsense sick leave and making child care 
more affordable. As a Nation, we have to make sure that women who are 
doing the same work as men get equal pay for that work.
  This country is a place where we should be building an economy that 
works for everyone, meaning all families. We owe it to our mothers, to 
our daughters, and to our granddaughters.

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