ms. frankel. ms. frankel: thank you, madam chair. mr. secretary, you and i were -- i think we're getting along very well right now. we did -- we did agree that when you educate girls and women and they're healthier it's better for the world. let me find something else we can agree on. rape wrong to torture, to women who are merely protesting for their human rights. would that be wrong? secretary pompeo: want to make sure not to get a double negative. that would be wrong. ms. frankel: there we go. we agreed on something else. seriously, i want to ask you about what's going on to some of the women rights activists in saudi arabia. there are so many that were protesting for the end of the ban on women driving and for abolishing the male guardianship system. they have been thrown into prison where they are being subject to torture, rape, electric shock, sleep deprivation, really no justice occurring there. i would like to know what, if any, interaction the state department has had to try to alleviate what -- the situation. secretary pompeo:

ms. frankel: great. i think we can all agree that the response of the survivors community is very important for their recovery. we can agree with that? that's good. i know we're on a good path here. and i think we would also agree that authority figures in schools are in a position of great social authority. to help with recovery. we're doing well. i want to assume for a moment that this is a classroom. and that we're meeting on a regular basis. just take a look around. you saw the people who were here. let's assume, i'm not going to pick any person out, that one of the people in here could be a man or woman has been sexually assaulted by another one. that's in the room. this is a classroom. ould you agree that a victim of sexual assault should not be required to sit in a classroom with a perpetrator day after day? can't we agree with that? secretary devos: i would agree with that. let me just say -- ms. frankel: wait a minute. secretary devos: respect your desire to go around this -- ms. frankel: reclai

ms. frankel of florida. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 172, the gentlewoman from florida, ms. frankel, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from florida. ms. frankel: thank you, madam chair. i rise in support of my amendment, which is aimed at ensuring that a voter is not confused or misled by a bad ballot design that could lead to that voter overlooking a race, that's called an undervote, or even voting for the wrong candidate. . i want to explain the problem acknowledge then suggest the remedy. because unfortunately i have seen a bad ballot design basically cause chaos in my home state of florida in two recent past electrics. first i want to go back to the 000 presidential race, gore v. bush, where a very unfortunately, famous, poorly designed butterfly ballot confused voters in palm beach county. many elderly citizens who thought they were voting for al gore actually were voting for pat buchanan. we had a presidential race where six million voters voted and decided by 500-plus votes. and pat buchanan got 3,400 votes in ve

ms. frankel. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from florida is recognized for two minutes. ms. frankel: thank you, madam speaker. this is a great day in america. i'm so proud to say that as the congress considers these bills that protect and advance human rights. and i rise today, specifically, to talk about the paycheck fairness act, because men and women should get -- be able to be paid the same for doing the same work. and i thank my colleagues, rosa delauro, and the committee chairman bobby scott, for their advancement of this great legislation. i want to tell you a story, madam speaker and my colleagues, a story of a young lawyer who worked in the public defender's office. her job was to represent people accused of crimes like murder and robbery. she was a free lawyer for them. it was very high pressure and it was very grueling but she loved it. when she got the job, she was told a rule. nobody talks about salary in this office. but one day she found out that a male colleague was doing the same job and he had similar credentials but he made much more money. she was making $