Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I rise to join Senator Cardin, thanking him for his leadership for so many years, as well as Senator Murkowski and my colleague Senator Stabenow in support of this bipartisan resolution to remove the deadline for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment so we can finally enshrine equal rights for women into our Constitution. What are people afraid of? Minnesota ratified the ERA 50 years ago. Since then, women and men who stand with them have never rested in the fight to guarantee equality in the Constitution of the United States of America. After a half century of overcoming seemingly insurmountable obstacles, that long-fought battle for equality has come down to an arbitrary deadline. Passing the resolution will bring us one step closer to ratifying the ERA and finally enshrining permanent protections for women and girls in our Constitution. The Equal Rights Amendment would make clear, once and for all, that women are guaranteed equal rights under the U.S. Constitution. The core of the amendment is only 24 words long, guaranteeing that ``[e]quality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.'' In 1972, the amendment passed both Houses of Congress with bipartisan support. The Senate voted to send the amendment to the States by a vote of 84 to 8, with 7 not voting, and the House passed it 354 to 24.…”