On the recordMay 21, 2019
Madam Speaker, America has always been a work in progress, and, therefore, we always have the opportunity to make our democracy better, stronger, when we simply do the right thing. The Declaration of Independence may have said that ``all men are created equal,'' but it took a brave group of Americans to say that it should really be ``all people.'' If the law applies to each of us equally, then the right to vote must always be equal. The women who fought for their right to vote weren't in it to make friends. They were mocked and beaten, called extremists, told to slow down, told that good things would come if they simply waited. But, nevertheless, they persisted. Today, on the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment passed in the House, let's be inspired by this group of women who took the hard fight and did the right thing, because they knew our democracy would be stronger and better for it. ____________________
