Louise Slaughter
Louise Slaughter
Dorothy Louise McIntosh Slaughterhas been the United States representative for New York's 25th congressional district since 1987. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district, numbered as the 30th District from 1987 to 1993 and the 28th District from 1993 to 2013, is based in Rochester and includes most of surrounding Monroe County. She was the Chairwoman of the House Rules Committee from 2007 until 2011, and has served as ranking minority member of the Committee since 2011,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth14 August 1929
CountryUnited States of America
Surely the Department of Defense can and needs to do a better job of training new and existing first responders to respond to sexual assaults occurring in the military.
The Defense Department must do a better job of providing the best possible care for service women who are victims of sexual assault.
Susan B. Anthony formed the Equal Rights Association, refuted ideas that women were inferior to men, and fought for a woman's right to vote.
Many poor and low-income women cannot afford to purchase contraceptive services and supplies on their own.
Challenge America grants go to the towns and hamlets of this sprawling country, where big touring companies will rarely go, and major actors, actresses, writers and artists may never appear in person.
Let's clean up our environment. Let's clean up our bodies, but most importantly, let's not permit our babies of the future to be polluted before they are even born.
And whether it is equal pay, health care, Social Security, or family leave, this Congress has refused to address issues critical to hard-working American women.
Our girls have learned that sweat is sexy, brawn is beautiful and a little dirt never hurt anyone.
The Second Amendment only protects the people who want all the guns they can have. The rest of us, we've got no Second Amendment. What are we supposed to do?
I think the fact they they're just practically denuding the northeast preys on a lot of minds and we also have the added thing, we're on the border.
We all know that girls who compete in sports perform better in school, are physically healthier and have a stronger self-esteem.
The U.S. has the finest research scientists in the world, but we are falling far behind other countries, like South Korea and Singapore, that are moving forward with embryonic stem cell research.
While other industries have suffered, the nonprofit arts world continues to build in strength while it encourages the growth of innumerable small businesses on its periphery, thereby creating more jobs.