caucus co-chair ayana pressley's resolution to remove the arbitrary ratification deadline for the e.r.a. and enshrine it into law. i will continue my efforts until the e.r.a. is published as the 28th amendment in the united states constitution. because we owe it to our daughters and our granddaughters as well as our mothers, our grandmothers and great grandmothers. i thank columbia law school and georgetown university law center for your work on the equal rights amendment project and for creating space for today's discussion. today -- together we will continue doing our part in the march for gender equality under the law. >> thanks so much. that was an amazing journey to her place in the house of representatives. now we are waiting for representatives pressley and bush who are the co-chairs of the one of the largest caucuses in the congress. and they have had votes. but to all my students who are here in my legislation class where i teach about congress you should have noted two things. one, senator cardin's yen counsel, chief counsel is one of my former students. one. two. that this ma