Sylvia Rodriguez Garcia: “As a young woman in Texas, I marched with hundreds of other women in support of the equal rights amendment. Today, I…”

“As a young woman in Texas, I marched with hundreds of other women in support of the equal rights amendment. Today, I stand with all my colleagues here to affirm our support for women's equality. Women are behind some of the Nation's greatest achievements. We flew across the Atlantic, fought for civil rights, set athletic records, sent men to space, and then went there ourselves. We have forged our own paths and put many cracks in the glass ceiling, but there is still much more to do. ``Women deserve equality.'' ``Las mujeres merecemos igualdad.'' I strongly urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on H.J. Res. 17.”