Secretary devos thank you for your introduction and for the opportunity to be here. I want to thank president cabrera for his leadership at George Mason University and to the students and faculty with us today, thank you for making time to be here on this busy day of classes. Its a great honor for me to be here today to address a very important topic. Earlier this year marked the 5th anniversary of title 9, the landmark legislation passed by congress that seeks to ensure, and i quote, no person in the United States shall on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of or be subjected to discrimination under any Education Program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. The amendment to the Higher Education act was initially proposed by democrat senator bayh and signed into law by republican president nixon and renamed for patsy minching, a. Ctim of sexbased and racism minchings law has served an Important Role in shaping our environment. Tle
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