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ICYMI: REP. LIEU AND PATRICIA ARQUETTE PEN OP-ED ON WHY AMERICA NEEDS THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT

July 20, 2016

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

ICYMI: REP. LIEU AND PATRICIA ARQUETTE PEN OP-ED ON WHY AMERICA NEEDS THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT

Online at CNN.com, Mr. Lieu and Academy Award winning actress Patricia Arquette urge Congress to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) and call for equal rights for women.

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Online at CNN.com, Mr. Lieu and Academy Award winning actress Patricia Arquette urge Congress to ratify the  Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) and call for equal rights for women.

Women today comprise more than half the world's population, making up about half the labor work force in the United States, yet they are still not guaranteed equal pay for equal work.”

“The ERA would rightly enshrine the equality of men and women in our Constitution. Americans overwhelmingly support ratification of the ERA because it's not just a women's issue -- it's an equality issue.”

“For too long, we have stalled on these fierce and urgent issues. At a time when the election of America's first woman president is a very real possibility, it is ironic that she will not have full equality under the law.”

Women have waited over 200 years for equal rights in the United States. When women succeed, America succeeds, and it is time we tell the rest of the world that equal finally means equal.”

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The Full Text of the CNN piece can be foundHERE.

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