Thread by @MsMagazine

BREAKING: The U.S. House passed a bi-partisan resolution introduced by @RepSpeier to remove an arbitrary timeline for #ERA ratification. #NoTimeLimitOnEquality
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"There is no expiration date on equality... It's about building the America we want and becoming a more perfect union" said @RepSpeier in a press briefing after the vote.

.@SpeakerPelosi: "When women succeed, America succeeds, so this is about our entire country." #NoTimeLimitOnEquality

"There should be no mistake. Congress put this deadline in, and Congress has every right to remove it now."

"For the last four generations, feminists like myself and the likeminded men and women here today, have been marching, lobbying, attempting to win lawsuits, and defeating anti-ERA legislators. And today we say, 'enough is enough,'" said @RepMaloney. #NoTimeLimitOnEquality

"Our nation still lacks in providing fundamental safeguards for women and girls against violence," @RepMaloney said. "Women must be in the Constitution to enforce their rights to sue and protect themselves." #ERA #VAWA

"Can we really look our daughters and our mothers and our sisters and our nieces in the face and say, 'I'm sorry, there's a time limit to you getting equality in America'?" —@RepLawrence

"No matter the sacrifice or contribution to society, if you are a woman or a girl in the United States of America, you are not guaranteed equality under the law... Isn't it time to pass the #ERA?" asks @RepLoisFrankel. #NoTimeLimitOnEquality

"We are not an equal member of society in the same way that men are, and minority women suffer even greater disparities," says @RepEscobar. "The work that our foremothers and our colleagues did to get us to this moment... We will finally achieve the equality we deserve."

Watch the full event with @SpeakerPelosi, @RepSpeier, @RepMaloney and more below. #ERAnow #NoTimeLimitOnEquality
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