Ginny Brown-Waite
Ginny Brown-Waite
Virginia "Ginny" Brown-Waiteis the former U.S. Representative for Florida's 5th congressional district, serving from 2003 until 2011. She is a member of the Republican Party and a founder of Maggie's List...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth5 October 1943
CountryUnited States of America
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The United Nations is a mess, riddled with scandals. In fact, the U.N. itself is a scandal.
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Through the harsh design of fate, Florida was dealt the unfortunate circumstances of bearing the brunt of not one but two hurricanes, and it appears more dark clouds are poised to visit the Sunshine State.
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On the other end of the spectrum, these women who do live long enough to collect Social Security face the challenge of being disproportionately dependent on the Social Security system for retirement income.
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If a woman did not work and have the opportunity to save and invest on her own throughout her lifetime, she is often totally reliant on her family and Social Security for her retirement years.
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First, women are more likely to live in poverty during their retirement years than are men.
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I grew up with an extremely abusive father. As a mother, I wanted to protect my own children from exposure to violence. When I found out one of my daughters was in an abusive relationship, it broke my heart. Finally, she left him ?- but only after his abuse started spreading to the children.
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For centuries, the world has heard the oppressed, the downtrodden and the vulnerable cry out for their freedoms, for their rights and for a chance to emerge from the shadows of the tyranny and bloodshed that they had lived with.
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American government was founded on a belief and a faith in God and in doing what is right and just.
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No issue is more important to this Congress than securing our borders and protecting our homeland, and I guarantee it is very important to our constituents.
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Since President Bush took office in 2001, this Congress has supported an agenda of democracy, freedom and expansion of rights for all peoples throughout the world.
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No longer should women be denied the right to vote, no longer should women be treated as second class citizens, no longer should women not be allowed to be a citizen at all.
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Social Security is a plan that actually was designed in a much different time, in a different era, and with a different set of American demographics in mind.
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While Kuwait is not a democracy, giving only half the population a voice in their government is not a policy this Congress should support and one that I am glad that Kuwait's leaders are changing.
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The newer homes did not sustain as much damage because they were built to better safety codes; they were better designed, higher wind loads for the roof. All of those facets made those homes sustain the storm a whole lot better.