By Amy Turim By now you probably know what the social media hash tag “bring back our girls” refers to. The message has reached near infamy worldwide, with tens of thousands of shares and retweets, and numerous parodies and critiques. Television and newspaper commentators have either promoted the missive, or skewered First Lady Michelle Obama for tweeting her photo with a #BringBackOurGirls sign, depending on the network. Regardless of your opinion of the method of delivery, the message has been...
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By Congresswoman Gwen Moore As the school year winds down, millions of children across our nation are thinking about their summers and eagerly anticipating the last bell. Yet, for many low-income families, the end of the school year also means the end of access to school lunch and breakfast programs. In a nation where almost 16 million children live in households that are food-insecure, this is not inconsequential. We cannot consign these children to a summer of hunger and expect them to come b...
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Contact: Staci Cox(202) 225- 4572 Milwaukee, WI – Today Congresswoman Gwen Moore (WI-4) released the following statement recognizing Memorial Day: “Each Memorial Day, we honor the soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen who made the ultimate sacrifice to protect our freedoms. “Next week, we will mark the 70th anniversary of the Allied assault at Normandy (D-Day). U.S. forces suffered over 6,000 casualties on that first day. More recently, the wars in both Iraq and Afghanistan hav...
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By Mike Lowe MILWAUKEE (WITI) — Americans are observing Memorial Day against the backdrop of a growing scandal over long wait times and secret records at Veterans Affairs medical facilities. But how will the backlogs in other states affect Wisconsin’s ability to serve its own veterans? It’s a question being asked by every member of the Wisconsin Congressional delegation. The VA facility in Milwaukee is a sort of home away from home for Marine Corps veteran Kenneth Mueller. “In my opinion, they ...
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By Jenna Sachs MILWAUKEE (WITI) — It’s one of Milwaukee’s darkest secrets: Women and children being trafficked for sex. Experts say it’s a lucrative business — and Milwaukee is a major hub. A tough new bill would make it easier for human trafficking victims to break free. Last year, ten human trafficking victims between the ages of 13 and 17 were recovered in Milwaukee. That’s believed to be only a fraction of the kids being sold for sex. A new bill would make sure sex trafficking victims get t...
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By Qudsia Raja Several years ago, I worked at the YWCA Union County, New Jersey, where a woman was murdered on the steps of our shelter door. She was shot 16 times through the back by her former partner, killing her instantly in front of their two young children. While your first instinct may be to think that this tragic incident is an exception to the norm, it's not. Firearms-related domestic violence homicides are a serious public health concern for women in the United States who are fleeing ...
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By Pema Levy Should we keep anti-poverty programs? Or should we cut them? That was the underlying question at a contentious event Wednesday that pitted Republicans’ belief that the government’s effort to help the poor are hurting them against Democrats defending the worth of federal anti-poverty programs. Representative Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, the House Budget Committee chairman famous for his austere budget proposals, has decided to tackle the problem of poverty. He believes President Lyndon J...
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Written by Charles D. Ellison Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan’s budget passed more than two weeks ago, but Beltway pundits and lawmakers are wrangling as if it’s still on the House floor. That 219 Republicans voted for it on April 10only cemented the budget as a non-starter in a Democratic-held Senate - which wasn’t planning on passing a budget anyway. Ryan gave Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada added reason not to. What the controversial House Budget Committee chair’s fiscal manifest...
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Congressional Black Caucus and Budget Chairman Paul Ryan to meet next week. By Joyce Jones Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wisconsin) thinks that Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin), who chairs the House Budget Committee and is in line to become the next chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee, is "a nice guy." The budget he proposed earlier this month is not, Moore and other Democratic lawmakers say. Facing a tough midterm election cycle, they're hoping that the budget's proposed cuts, which they argue ...
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Suggests Targeting Federal Money At Communities With Longstanding Poverty By Gilman Halsted Milwaukee Democratic Rep. Gwen Moore is joining members of the Asian Pacific and Hispanic congressional caucuses in speaking out against Janesville GOP Rep. Paul Ryan's budget plan. She says the plan cuts programs for minority communities in favor of tax cuts for millionaires. Ryan's ten-year budget plan passed the House last week by a narrow margin. It makes large cuts in social programs, boosts the def...
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