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Marsha Blackburn: I ask unanimous consent that the Barrasso amendment at the desk be considered and agreed to; the bill, as amended, be…

On the recordJune 4, 2019
I ask unanimous consent that the Barrasso amendment at the desk be considered and agreed to; the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time and passed; and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment (No. 251) was agreed to as follows: (Purpose: To add Esther Hobart Morris to a list of suffrage activists) On page 2, line 18, insert ``Esther Hobart Morris,'' before ``and''. The bill (S. 1235), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed as follows: S. 1235 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Women's Suffrage Centennial Commemorative Coin Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE. (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following: (1) Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott organized the first Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York. Sixty-eight women and 32 men signed the Declaration of Sentiments at the Convention in July 1848. (2) The Declaration of Sentiments was modeled after the Declaration of Independence and declared that ``all men and women are created equal'', linking women's rights directly to the founding ideals of the United States. (3) Suffrage activists, including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Ida B.…
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Marsha Blackburn
Republican · Tennessee
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Jun 4, 2019

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