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Judy Chu
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Calling for Hearing on Military Hazing - Feb. 3. 2012
February 3, 2012
Thank you for attending this press conference. Today Congress members and community members have gathered to say, "Enough is enough." The military must stop the hazing that is taking the lives of the patriotic young people that want to serve our country. I am Congress Member Judy Chu, and I have a personal reason for being here. My nephew was a victim of hazing, and it killed him. The Harry Lew that we knew loved to joke and, in fact, was known for his skill in breakdancing. But he had […]
Marsha Blackburn
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act - May 16, 2012
May 16, 2012
I want to say thank you to Sandy Adams for the excellent leadership and the perspective that she has brought to the work that we have done in reauthorizing VAWA. As you all know, this came onto the books in '94, and the reason Republicans took the lead on VAWA in '94 is because we knew the need in our local communities for this. Sandy is a law enforcement officer who brought her expertise of dealing with violence against women to help us as we work through this reauthorization. Many […]
Marsha Blackburn
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Women Opposing Obamacare - April 3, 2012
April 3, 2012
Hi, I'm Marsha Blackburn. I'm from Tennessee, and I'm so pleased to join my colleagues today and talk with you for a few minutes about what we see happening in our districts and what we see happening here in Washington. You know, it is so interesting—and Cathy pointed this out—85 percent of the health care decisions are made by women. We are moms. We are daughters. We're grandmothers, and we want to make certain that we're the ones that are in charge in making those health care decisions for our […]
Judy Chu
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Calling For Passage of Jobs Now Legislation - June 24, 2010
June 24, 2010
I'm Judy Chu, Congress member from Los Angeles, California. This past year, Jodi—a single mother of two in Palmdale, California—lost her job and didn't know how she was going to put food on the table. She needed a job, and she needed it now. Well, a program came forth called Jobs Now. It gets jobs up quickly. It used stimulus funds and TANF funds to place unemployed workers in positions for up to a year. It was a win-win for both business and employers. Small businesses got employees, the labor […]
Renee Ellmers
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Balanced-Budget Amendment - July 29, 2011
July 29, 2011
Last week we passed cut, cap, and balance in the House, and we were united on that effort. It went to the Senate and Harry Reid got a vote to table it. Which basically meant that the American people would not hear the merits of the bill. It just was put aside. We’ve worked very hard to put together another plan, one that is truly bipartisan and has many elements of what we want. It’s not a 100 percent of what many of our very conservative colleagues want, but it […]
Renee Ellmers
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Americans United for Life Planned Parenthood Report - July 14, 2011
July 14, 2011
My name is Renee Ellmers. I represent the second district of North Carolina. Congressman Hultgren and I are co-hosting this special hearing and investigation into this. We want to talk to you about it. Planned Parenthood is the nation’s largest abortion provider, which receives more than a million dollars a day of taxpayer funds. The issue today is, "Should American taxpayer dollars be going to pay for abortion?" Overwhelmingly we’ve heard from the American people that they don’t want to see their funds going that way, regardless of how you […]
Diana DeGette
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Gun Violence Prevention - Dec. 19, 2012
December 19, 2012
Thank you very much. I'm Congresswoman Diana DeGette from the first district of Colorado. Columbine's in my district now and Aurora's right down the street from my house. As you can hear from all of us and as you can see on our faces, even today the horror of Newtown remains unspeakable. As Congresswoman McCarthy said, "We've been here before over and over again calling for action after these terrible massacres." But, as she also said, "This time it's different." This time we had 20 little beautiful angels and their […]
Donna Edwards
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Urgent Need for Health Care Reform - Oct. 9, 2009
October 9, 2009
Thank you very much. Thank you, Madam Speaker, for your leadership. I am excited to be here today. I am excited to be here to talk about the need for health care reform for all Americans and particularly for women who face unusual circumstances when it comes to health care. Madam Speaker, I am especially glad for your support of health care reform that will, indeed, lower cost, ensure competition, and provide accountability in the system. Reform is most especially needed for women and particularly for women of color. As […]
Shelley Moore Capito
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Bipartisan JOBS Package - Feb. 28, 2012
February 28, 2012
Thank you, Mr. Leader, and thank you all for being here today. I am really excited to be here for this bill for two reasons. Number one, last week when I was home, many of us were home, I went to our tech park. It formerly had been a huge research facility for what was then Union Carbide. The community leaders got together when they downsized, and they thought, "What are we going to do with this area?" What it is, is exactly what we are talking about today. It […]
Donna Edwards
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Overturn Citizens United Decision - April 18, 2012
April 18, 2012
Thank you to my colleague Congressman Deutch and also our colleagues from the Senate. I am Donna Edwards. I represent Maryland’s 4th congressional district. I was just thinking as I was looking at this room of advocates from all around the country—I began my career 20 years ago as a public citizen working on campaign finance reform. I completely circumscribed by the Buckley V. Valeo decision that Senator Schumer spoke about. We could not have imagined a world 20 years ago where today we are faced with a horrific decision […]