Nancy Mace

Or how about Tracy Rexroat, whose starting salary at the Arizona Department of Education was $17,000 lower than her male counterpart?

Well, to them I ask, what do you say to Christy Brzonkala, who was raped by two football players at Virginia Tech?

We are here today because, despite the tremendous progress women have made, we are still deeply unequal in society.

If we certify the ERA, these cases would have very different outcomes.

Thank you, Chairwoman Maloney, for holding the first full committee hearing on the Equal Rights Amendment in over 40 years.

I am very pleased now to recognize Congresswoman Jackie Speier, the sponsor of H.R. Res. 17 and ERA champion, for a brief opening statement.

Today equal rights can be too easily rolled back depending on the ideological leanings of Supreme Court justices, but constitutional amendments are permanent.

The pay gap between men and women has persisted for decades with the average woman being paid 80 cents for every dollar paid to men.

After 100 years, women cannot wait any longer for full constitutional equality.

I strongly agree with the scholars' assessment that the time limit is likely non-binding and that Congress clearly has the authority to extend or eliminate time limits if necessary.

What a disgrace for this to happen in the United States.

What the hell is going on here today? We don't have oversight over state abortion rights.

I then, as I am sitting here, seeing an email come across my desk that says reportedly the Department of Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas is wondering if we can, you know, accommodate between 350-and 400,000 illegal immigrants at the…

The second thing I want to say this morning is that gay marriage has nothing to do with abortion...

This is a serious issue, and it affects women who are Republican and Democrat alike.

When you are raped, it is traumatic, and we have a right to make that decision for ourselves...

I am pro-life and regardless of the circumstances.

What about the justice for those unborn, all the little girls that never had a shot?

They don't get a shot at life, and that is why we here today, as defenders and warriors of the unborn, want to make sure that every little boy and every little girl has a shot to achieve the American Dream.

That is only possible in America, and that is only possible in an America that values life.

Every woman's story is different. Every woman's story is different, and these decisions do not come easy.

I would not be here had it not been for the very brave choice that my mother made 33 years ago.

I am dismayed by the recent push by many on the left to defund the police and slash law enforcement budgets and personnel at a time when crime is clearly on the rise.

I am shocked by the few arrests that we have in cases open regarding antifa.

Mr. Cohen, do you believe that defunding state and local police funding is going to help solve domestic terror? Yes or no?