In our constitution. The constitution needs to be fixed one more time. Its been amended 27 times. The era would be the 28th amendment and it would effectively say that you cannot prohibit it would would, in, put into the constitution prohibiting discrimination by sex, which is a major advancement in our constitution as Justice Scalia has said. Does that as it exists now prohibit discrimination so thats why we needed. The effect of it would be to put women in the constitution. Because as it was written in its inception it did not include women. Women were deliberately leftme out. Yesterday we had a future date in the w house of representativ. The delegates, the representatives passed a bill by Jackie Speier from california that would dissolve the time limit that was imposed on the era bill when it was passed by congress in 1972. Where we are now with the equal rights amendment, originally proposed by owl is a ball in 1923, so weve been working on this for almost 100 years. 50 years sinc
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State, even where rules may differ. The committee decided which amendments will be allowed on the floor tomorrow. Mr. Sessions the rules committee will come to order and thank you for joining us for a fun rules committee today. The rules committee will be considering the concealed carry reciprocity act of 2017. Conflicting state codes and regulations have created a patchwork of reciprocity agreements for concealed carry permit holders. As a result, citizens with a stateissued concealed carry permit from a state that does not require permits can lose their Second Amendment rights when entering another state if that state may have different rules and regulations. The concealed carry reciprocity act ensures that law you a biding citizens Second Amendment rights do not end when they cross state lines. The facts show that citizens who carry concealed handguns are not only better prepared to act on their own selfdefense, but also in defense of others. Legislation under consideration oday als
House of two bills dealing with Sexual Harassment in congress. Heres some of the debate. Gentleman is recognized. Mr. Harper mr. Speaker, a little more than three months ago you tasked the committee on the House Administration with a great responsibility to undertake a comprehensive review of the training, policies, and mechanisms to guard against Sexual Harassment in the Congressional Workplace. I believe that the legislation were considering today, h. R. 4924, the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 reform act, and immediately following that the House Resolution together respond to this great task. At the outset id like to thank the speaker of the house, paul ryan, for his leadership on this issue and the trust he placed on our committee to conduct this important review. Id also like to thank and work done the on the committee on the committee on House Administration, thrick the Ranking Member, mr. Brady, he has been a great friend and colleague over o the last decade and i appr
Just process and congress and would require members to repay claims. His tuesdays 50 minute here is tuesdays 50 minute debate. Three months ago you tasked the committee on the House Administration with a great responsibility to undertake a comprehensive review of the training, policies, and mechanisms to guard against Sexual Harassment in the Congressional Workplace. I believe that the legislation were considering today, h. R. 4924, the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 reform act, and immediately following that the House Resolution together respond to this great task. At the outset id like to thank the speaker of the house, paul ryan, for his leadership on this issue and the trust he placed on our committee to conduct this important review. Id also like to thank and work done the on the committee on the committee on House Administration, thrick the Ranking Member, mr. Brady, he has been a great friend and colleague over o the last decade and i appreciate being able to work clos