{"id":799,"date":"2024-09-23T05:39:36","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T05:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/herpowernetwork\/staten-island-rep-malliotakis-applauds-passage-of-congressional-gold-medal-for-billie-jean-king\/"},"modified":"2024-09-23T05:39:36","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T05:39:36","slug":"staten-island-rep-malliotakis-applauds-passage-of-congressional-gold-medal-for-billie-jean-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/herpowernetwork\/staten-island-rep-malliotakis-applauds-passage-of-congressional-gold-medal-for-billie-jean-king\/","title":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND REP MALLIOTAKIS APPLAUDS PASSAGE OF CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL FOR BILLIE JEAN KING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Content Distributed by <a href=\"https:\/\/nycnewswire.com\">NYC Newswire<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. House of Representatives passed\u00a0bipartisan legislation to\u00a0award a Congressional Gold Medal to tennis icon Billie Jean King, a trailblazer and champion for Equal Pay in Women\u2019s Sports. The legislation\u2019s passage comes as we approach the 51st anniversary of Billie Jean King defeating Bobby Riggs, on September 20, 1973. It is the first time a female athlete will receive the nation\u2019s highest civilian honor.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17973\" style=\"width: 860px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17973\" class=\"wp-image-17973 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/nycnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/09\/Nicole-Malliotakis-Resized.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"585\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17973\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rep. Nicole Malliotakis &#8211;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On the House floor, Rep Nicole Malliotakis spoke in support of awarding King the highest civilian honor and highlighted how the sport of tennis was first brought to the United States through Staten Island.\u00a0\u201cAs the representative of Staten Island, NY\u2014where the sport of tennis was first brought and played by Mary Ewing Outerbridge 150 years ago and where the first national tennis tournament was played in 1880\u2014it gives me great pride to join my colleagues in honoring the woman who advanced the sport and achieved equal prize money for herself and all the women who followed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBillie Jean King\u00a0has inspired generations of American women. She lived the dream for her generation and women who came before her who lived during a time when they were restricted from reaching their full potential and she has empowered younger women with the road she paved and the ceiling she broke,\u201d\u00a0<strong>Malliotakis added.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Content Distributed by NYC Newswire The U.S. House of Representatives passed\u00a0bipartisan legislation to\u00a0award a Congressional Gold Medal to tennis icon Billie Jean King, a trailblazer and champion for Equal Pay in Women\u2019s Sports. The legislation\u2019s passage comes as we approach the 51st anniversary of Billie Jean King defeating Bobby Riggs, on September 20, 1973. 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