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Patricia Schroeder: this August 26, we have this wonderful stamp coming out, celebrating women having had the right to vote for 75 years. In…

On the recordAugust 3, 1995
this August 26, we have this wonderful stamp coming out, celebrating women having had the right to vote for 75 years. In November 1996, you are going to watch women use that vote. They are also going to be using this stamp, I think, to try and stamp out the Republican war on women. I think women are not only angry about the actions against them in this Congress, they are angry about the attitudes that the Republicans have had against them in this Congress as seen by the vote yesterday in the other body. That is all very, very sad, and it is very difficult today to celebrate the only victory, the only victory women have had this entire time, and that was saving a 25-year-old program started by Richard Nixon and George Bush that last time got two-thirds of this body and this time barely snuck through. That is outrageous. Our foremothers would want us to fight back, and we will.
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Patricia Schroeder
Colorado

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Discussing the 75th anniversary of women's suffrage and the Republican stance on women's issues.

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