Thank you, Betty, for those very kind and generous words. And I thank all of you for that warm welcome. I'm especially delighted to be here today, Women's Equality Day, the 63d anniversary of women's suffrage and the date on which, in 1920, the 19th amendment was finally added to the Constitution. That was a great milestone for individual rights, but there is so much more.
Republican women have a great deal to celebrate.
Our party was at the forefront in seeing to it that women got the right to vote and has, our party has a great history of fighting for the rights of all Americans. We want to continue those traditions. And that's why today I want to urge women not only to vote, but to run for public office. I know that many of you are interested in doing just that. In fact, many of you here hold office.