On the recordMarch 29, 2011
She was magnificent. And that smile and her togetherness--at that moment in history, when not only was the whole country watching, the whole world was watching--it was an electric moment. I want to read what she said that night. She said: By choosing a woman to run for our nation's second highest office, you sent a powerful signal to all Americans. There are no doors we cannot unlock. We will place no limits on [our] achievements. If we can do this, we can do anything. And those words resonated not just with people who were interested in politics but with women who were in the corporate world; women who were going to law school--just a few in those years, now so many more; women who just dreamed of going into health care, not as a nurse, although some chose that--and some men do as well--but as physicians. This was something I truly believe changed. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent for 5 additional minutes, and then turn it over to Senator Hutchison. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. It is going to run us way past the recess time.
