U.S. Capitol Police arrested several activists Tuesday as they blocked Constitution Avenue as part of a protest demanding President Biden publish the Equal Rights Amendment before leaving office. Dozens of Democrats are also calling on Biden to quickly move to codify the ERA, which has been approved by 38 states but was never ratified. Among them is Congressmember Cori Bush, who spoke at a press conference on Tuesday, the 101st anniversary of the ERA’s introduction in Congress.

Rep. Cori Bush: “For months, President Biden and Democrats warned of the threat posed by Donald Trump on our bodily autonomy and on our democracy, a threat that is about to become reality very soon. President Biden has the power to do something about this. He has the ERA. The ERA is one sentence that has the power to protect our future: 'Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.'”