Previously:
Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): maybe if corporations were women… (February 28, 2013)
From Representative Ann Wagner (r):
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
February 28, 2013[….]
WASHINGTON , D.C. – Representative Ann Wagner (R-MO) today issued the following statement after voting for the House amendment to S. 47, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013:
“Today I was pleased to stand up for all women who are victims of violence and abuse. As a result, I voted for the strongest bill that would protect all women from acts of violence and help law enforcement prosecute offenders to the fullest extent of the law. I am committed to protecting all women from domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking. This is not a political issue and Senate and House Democrats who have chosen to politicize the safety of women in the United States should be ashamed. This is exactly what is wrong with Washington and why the American people no longer trust what comes out of Congress. The people of Missouri’s 2nd Congressional District expect leaders to lead and get the job done and that is what I will continue to do.”
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[emphasis added]
“…all women…”
Uh, except Representative Wagner(r) voted against the bill:
FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 55
S 47 RECORDED VOTE 28-Feb-2013 11:56 AM
QUESTION: On Passage
BILL TITLE: Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013—- AYES 286 —
Clay
Cleaver—- NOES 138 —
Graves (MO)
Hartzler
Long
Luetkemeyer
Wagner—- NOT VOTING 7 —
[emphasis added]
Unless, of course, LGBT women and Native American women aren’t corporations women.
….Representative Gwen Moore, Democrat of Wisconsin and a victim of domestic and sexual violence herself, spoke passionately about the need to pass the Senate’s reauthorization bill.
“I pray that this body will do as the Senate has done and come together as one to protect all women from violence,” Ms. Moore said. “As I think about the L.G.B.T. victims who are not here, the native women who are not here, the immigrants who aren’t in this bill, I would say, as Sojourner Truth would say, ‘Ain’t they women?'”
“Ain’t they women?” she repeated, emphatically….
Indeed.