So last week, Congress did something it hadn't done in 35 years.

Subcommittee on the Constitution, civil liberties and civil rights is now in session.

Held a hearing on the Equal Rights Amendment, a blanket rule meant to assure women's equality.

We know that when women are treated with equal dignity and respect in the workplace and the home,

by our institutions of government and our society at large, all of the American people stand

to benefit. And we know that a simple but fundamental guarantee of equality should be welcomed

rather than feared. I watch the hearing.

And I have to say if you've spent the last few months watching Bill Barr testify,

the vibe was very different.

It was.

It was.

It was.

This is Carol Jenkins.

She's the president of the ERA Coalition.

On C-SPAN, you could see her, front and center, nodding and smiling. She was a few seats down from Melissa Milano, just behind Patricia Arquette.

We were there in white, that's suffragist, white. These are women who have been working for the Equal Rights Amendment their entire adult lives and to actually finally get someone to say in Congress, yes, you're important enough

for us to discuss your equality and this amendment was just fantastic. A few years ago, a great

woman, a great person, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, was asked

and interviewed what amendments she would most like to see added to the United States Constitution.

She answered it would be the Equal Rights Amendment.

Chair of the subcommittee, Steve Cohen, he stretched his arms out and said,

I understand that Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Justice Ginsburg, may be watching us.

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