Opinion Pieces

Rep. Moore: Make Lifesaving Care Affordable for New Moms Newsweek Nearly every family in America has experienced the ravages of addiction or mental health struggles. During pregnancy and in the postpartum period, too many mothers face these battles alone.  Even though our society broadly accepts the premise that children… Read more »

The time is now for the Wisconsin Supreme Court to decide Bothfeld v. Wisconsin Election Commission. The court already decided Clark v. WEC, which found state-level maps violated the Wisconsin Constitution. So I ask: Why allow Wisconsin voters to be harmed by unconstitutional maps when they vote for their federal representatives?  With full and due respect to the court and the… Read more »

Social Security Needs Protection Rep. Gwen Moore and Nancy Altman - Urban Milwaukee  While voters are united in their support for Social Security, the leaders of the two parties could not be further apart. The Democratic Party, which enacted Social Security in 1935, has subsequently worked to protect and expand it. When President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed… Read more »

We confronted Speaker Johnson over DOGE. His response is cause for concern. Rep. Gwen Moore and Rep. Judy Chu Insults toward women in politics are nothing new, so we are wearing being called “rude,” “aggressive” and “unhinged” last week as a badge of honor. This is not a time where business as usual can be our strategy. After reports began surfacing about Elon Musk’s… Read more »

In Defense of Teachers and Public Education The Nation   Teaching is a calling that runs in my family. My mother and my aunt were public school teachers, as are two of my siblings and my daughter. I am a proud product of public schools, and, for me, education served as a great equalizer. I often call myself a “sociological miracle,” and the truth is, a high-quality public… Read more »

Congress Must Address America's Obesity Crisis Newsweek By: Reps. Gwen Moore and Brad Wenstrup The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approval of highly effective anti-obesity medications is changing the lives of millions of Americans—and changing how we perceive one of our most prevalent chronic diseases. Forty-two percent of adults in the U.S. live with obesity. This condition… Read more »

Op-ed: My Family Struggled With Hunger. If Congress Won’t Fully Fund WIC, Millions More Will, Too Growing up, I was an A student, president of the Student Council, and poor. However, benefits my mother received made me ineligible for free lunch. As a result, I often went without breakfast or lunch entirely. I would find myself eating leftovers from other people’s plates. One… Read more »

Caregiving is not only a labor of love - it is labor. It is work. When we seek caregivers for our babies at a daycare, we pay the providers. When we hire caregivers for our loved ones at a nursing home facility or home, we pay the caregivers. We place critical trust in those who care for our loved ones. While a family caregiver caring for their loved one may not be on someone’s payroll,… Read more »

Supreme Court will consider whether to uphold protections for survivors of domestic violence Opinion by Reps. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.), Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) and Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.), opinion contributors For survivors of domestic abuse, federal protections can mean the difference between life and death. And as members of Congress, we recognize on an intimate level how… Read more »

Social Security’s Cost-of-Living Adjustments Must Not Come at the Expense of Americans’ Other Basic Needs Blessed be the name of the federal government—it giveth and it certainly knows how to taketh away. And if you are one of the nearly 9 million Americans who receive Social Security and SNAP, the government certainly can taketh away. For those Americans, Social Security’s… Read more »