Geburtsdatum | Mittwoch, 18. April 1951 |
Geburtsort | Racine, Wisconsin, U.S. |
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Beschreibung | Gwendolynne Sophia Moore (geboren am 18. April 1951) ist eine amerikanische Politikerin, die seit 2005 als US-Abgeordnete für den 4. Im Jahr 2016 wurde Moore zur Fraktionsvorsitzenden des Congressional Black Caucus für den 115. Kongress der Vereinigten Staaten gewählt. Sie ist Mitglied der Demokratischen Partei. Ihr Wahlbezirk liegt in Milwaukee und umfasst aufgrund der Neueinteilung der Bezirke im Jahr 2011 auch einige Vororte von Milwaukee County: Bayside, Brown Deer, Cudahy, Fox Point, Glendale, St. Francis, South Milwaukee, West Milwaukee, Shorewood und Whitefish Bay. Moore ist die erste Frau, die den Bezirk vertritt, und die zweite Frau nach Tammy Baldwin sowie die erste Afroamerikanerin, die aus Wisconsin in den Kongress gewählt wurde. |
It is essential that the women's preventive coverage benefit, including contraception, be available to all women, regardless of what health plan they have or where they work - as Congress intended. Providing access to birth control just makes good sense.
It is important for women to have a choice, to have an opportunity to plan their families, because if they don't, the Republicans have said this is an ownership society. You are on your own, and they're going to begrudge that child everything, from WIC to a Pell Grant to health insurance.
As a former recipient of these services I can honestly say that the overwhelming majority of TANF recipients are hard-working Americans who are down on their luck, and just want an opportunity to better their lives and those of their family through work and access to education.
When elected officials abandon our environment and ruin our natural resources, public health is endangered. I know the importance of providing a clean environment for our children I have attended more than one funeral for a child who has died from an asthma attack.
I've been the co-chair of the Non-Partisan Women's Caucus and vice-chair for several years, taking a leadership role in this women's organization.
