01:00You guys are so sweet.
01:04Goodness gracious, well thank you.
01:06I hope you feel, especially you Moms for Liberty gals, at least a little bit silly for giving
01:10someone a standing ovation for merely saying, men and women are different.
01:16I don't know.
01:17It's kind of the whole shtick.
01:18Look, I'm so honored to be here.
01:22What we are doing today, I know the legislators in the room know this.
01:25I know Governor Morrissey knows this.
01:28It's really long overdue.
01:29This is something that we have been fighting for in the state of West Virginia for many
01:33legislative sessions now.
01:35So this is, I mean, foundational, it's paramount.
01:38It's really a full circle moment for me and to have the bill named after me is just the
01:43biggest honor in my life, really.
01:46So thank you, Governor Morrissey.
01:48Thank you, legislators, the sponsors, co-sponsors of this bill, these amazing women who are
01:52up here today.
01:53But most importantly, I want to give a shout out to Emmy too.
02:01Emmy, the brave, I mean, she was 13, maybe 14 years old at the time when she was set
02:08to compete against a man in their middle school state championship for track and field, specifically
02:14in the event of shot put.
02:16But Emmy and four of her teammates, so five young girls, had more of a backbone than any
02:21man, any coach, any official, anyone else who was supposed to be protecting them.
02:25And they decided to boycott this event, emphasis on the word boy there.
02:31And they chose not to participate.
02:34But again, that's the type of moral courage that inspires me.
02:37It's seeing all of you young girls here today.
02:41This is so revitalizing.
02:42Maybe the objective is, of course, for this to inspire you all, but I think I speak for
02:46all of us up here that it's this that inspires us.
02:50So thank you.
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