The Equal Rights Amendment: Achieving Constitutional Equality for All.

Hearing
Date: Thursday, October 21, 2021 Time: 10:00 AM Location: Capitol Complex, 2154 RHOB, Washington, DC, 20515, USA

There was no video broadcast for this event.

Agenda

Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney's Opening Statement [PDF]

Washington, D.C. (October 19, 2021)—On Thursday October 21, at 10:00 a.m. ET, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, will hold a hearing entitled, “The Equal Rights Amendment:  Achieving Constitutional Equality for All.”

 

On October 12, 1971, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote of 354 to 24, and the Senate passed it the following year by a vote of 84 to 8.  The initial effort to ratify the ERA in the 1970s fell three states short.  The amendment has now been ratified by the three final states needed:  Nevada in 2017, Illinois in 2018, and Virginia in 2020. 

 

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of House passage of the Equal Rights Amendment, the hearing will explore the current status of the ERA and examine the final steps necessary to certify and publish it as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Witnesses

WITNESSES

Ms. Carol Jenkins

President, ERA Coalition

 

The Honorable Jennifer McClellan

Virginia State Senator

 

Ms. Alyssa Milano

Actor and ERA Advocate

 

Ms. Victoria Nourse

Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center

 

Ms. Bamby Salcedo

President, TransLatin@ Coalition

Board Member, ERA Coalition 

 

Ms. Eleanor Smeal

Founder and President, Feminist Majority Foundation

 

Ms. Inez Feltscher Stepman (minority witness)

Senior Policy Analyst, Independent Women’s Forum