On the recordApril 1, 2004
As March slips away, a number of women in the House did not want to let the year go by without commemorating Women's History Month. We recognize this is April 1. This is no April fool's joke. Women are a very serious concern of the women who will come forward this evening. We note first the progress women around the world, our sisters in solidarity, are making; and then we compare that progress to the progress of American women who serve in the legislatures of their countries. According to the data used internationally, women are considered to be at an acceptable threshold when they are about 30 percent of their legislatures. There are only 14 countries that qualify. The United States of America is not one of them. We are pleased at the increase in women, especially in the House and in the Senate; but we are not where we should be, particularly given the ideals that our country professes.
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