"The ERA, if written into our highest law in an illegitimate amendment process, will not advance the position of women and girls in our society."
"These consequences are already happening in states that are allowing male-bodied inmates who identify as female to transfer to the women's prisons."
"The ERA would harm women and girls, and I urge you to vote against its much-belated resuscitation."
"I believe that abortion is healthcare."
"The Fourteenth Amendment creates a constitutional right to abortion. Do you want to repeal the Fourteenth Amendment? I do not."
"It is past time to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, which would guarantee equal rights for women under the Constitution."
"For every dollar a man makes, the average woman makes 82 cents, with black women earning 62 cents to the dollar."
"If we were equal partners in our economy, it would boost our economy $4.3 trillion over the next 10 years."
"The modern woman needs the ERA to provide protections against the rolling back of the advances in women's rights."
"I appreciate you coming before our committee here today and speaking on your focus on implementing aircraft certification reform."
"What I have learned over the last few months is that the same cannot be said for the certification of new U.S. aircraft by various foreign aviation authorities."
"And secondly, how can we in the Congress work with you and the FAA to address this issue? I mean, it impacts American jobs. It impacts safety. It impacts the environment."