CNN's Dana Bash and Deirdre Walsh Washington (CNN) – It is not something you expect to hear on the floor of the House of Representatives – a lawmaker recounting a remarkably personal story of being raped. Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wisconsin, talked about what she called "terrible memories" of high school boys making a bet in the locker room that she "couldn't be had." "Then the appointed boy, when he saw that I wasn't going to be so willing, completed a date rape and then took my underwear to display ...
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As House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi urged Congress to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act today, one of her congressional colleagues personalized the issue on the House floor by recounting her own experiences with domestic violence. Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wisc., who joined Pelosi in introducing the legislation, said, “Violence against women is as American as apple pie.”“Domestic violence has been a thread throughout my personal life — up to and including being a child repeatedly sexually...
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Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI) on Wednesday recalled her own experiences of being sexually abused during a speech in favor the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. “Violence against women is as American as apple pie,” she said on the House floor. “I know, not only as a legislator, but from my own personal experience. Domestic violence has been a thread throughout my personal life, up to and including being a child repeatedly sexually assaulted, up to and including being an adult who’s bee...
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As a Member of the House Budget Committee, it is clear to me that this Republican budget is unfair, unbalanced and unwise for the American people.
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By Ed O'Keefe As expected, Democrats voiced strong objections Tuesday to the House GOP budget proposal, saying it violates the agreement established during last summer’s debt negotiations, destroys the current Medicare system and would be harmful to women. The spending plan unveiled Tuesday by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) proposes $1.028 trillion in total agency spending — $19 billion less than the cap set during last summer’s showdown over the debt ceiling. Rep. Louise Sl...
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by Robin Marty, RH Reality CheckIt has been two years now since the Affordable Care Act was passed, and today it was celebrated by Congresswomen eager to remind the public of the great changes it has made on the behalf of women's health. "Today, a large number of women politicians spoke on the historic law," Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi told reporters via conference call. Noting that Wisconsin Republican Congressman Paul Ryan unveiled his new budget, which would dismantle Medic...
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Today, we come together to celebrate women and girls across the globe and their many contributions. As we reflect on International Women's Day, we must recommit ourselves to women's global struggle for equality and human rights.
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12 community leaders commit to fighting Milwaukee's crisis of infant deaths Dec. 17, 2011 |(33) Comments As part of our Empty Cradles project, Journal Sentinel reporters asked a dozen community leaders two questions: What is the most important thing we must do to confront Milwaukee's infant mortality crisis? What is your commitment to making a difference in the year ahead? Here are excerpts from their responses: Patricia McManus, executive director and CEO, Black Health Coalition of Wisconsin M...
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