Rep. Maloney Issues Statement on Equal Rights Amendment Ratification Deadline
February 14, 2020
February 14, 2020
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-New York, issued the following statement on Feb. 13:
Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), House sponsor of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), celebrated the passage of H.J.Res. 79, a resolution removing the arbitrary deadline imposed on the ERA.
"I first introduced the Equal Rights Amendment over 20 years ago - and it's as relevant and needed today as it was then and when it was first proposed by Alice Paul in 1923. . . .
Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), House sponsor of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), celebrated the passage of H.J.Res. 79, a resolution removing the arbitrary deadline imposed on the ERA.
"I first introduced the Equal Rights Amendment over 20 years ago - and it's as relevant and needed today as it was then and when it was first proposed by Alice Paul in 1923. . . .