Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I rise to introduce the National Women's History Museum Commission Act of 2012, a bill that would create a commission to evaluate and plan into the establishment of a museum that would be dedicated to women's history in our Nation's capital city. I appreciate the co-sponsorship of Senator Mikulski, Senator Hutchinson, Senator Lieberman, Senator Murray, Senator Akaka, Senator Merkley, Senator Klobuchar, Senator Stabenow, Senator Murkowski, Senator Landrieu, Senator Shaheen, and Senator Boxer. American women have made invaluable contributions to our country in such diverse fields as government, business, medicine, law, literature, sports, entertainment, the arts, and the military. The need for a museum recognizing the contributions of American women is long overdue. In 1999, a Presidential commission on commemorating women in American history concluded that, ``Efforts to implement an appropriate celebration of women's history in the next millennium should include the designation of a focal point for women's history in our Nation's capital.'' Although Congress has made commendable provisions for the National Museum for African American History and Culture, the National Law Enforcement Museum, and the National Museum of the American Indian, there is still no institution in the capital region dedicated to women's role in our country's history. This bill would be a good step toward rectifying this oversight.…”