Patricia Schroeder: “first, let me say to the gentleman who was just speaking, if that bill were as he casts it, my name would not be on it.…”

“first, let me say to the gentleman who was just speaking, if that bill were as he casts it, my name would not be on it. That bill is about making our patent office uniform with both the one in Europe and the one in Japan so our patents will be recognized all over the world. It will do a tremendous amount to increase the protection. But that is not why I came here today. I came here today to talk about what I tried to do when I heard that the Republican women today were getting ready to launch their get out the vote drive for women. I was very frustrated by this so I decided it was time to talk to Eleanor. Eleanor lives in my office, Eleanor Roosevelt. And I went over and I said to her, what are we going to do about this? They are getting ready to try and bridge the gender gap with all sorts of slick press kits, with all sorts of warm fuzzy rhetoric. Eleanor said, Do you know what, Pat, do not worry; they have got a big stumbling block. It is called their record, their record. So as they go around desperately seeking female votes, they were very apt to trip over their record if the American people know it. So today at 1, the Congresswomen, the Democratic Congresswomen are releasing a report on the Republican war against women. That is what we call it. It has been a war, and let us be very clear about it. We have seen more backsliding on progress than I have seen in my entire 24 years here. When we look at this, it is truly an unmatched record.…”