June 18, 2013

Rep. Slaughter, Co-Chair of Pro-Choice Caucus Speaks On House Floor Against GOP’s Extreme Abortion Measure

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View Rep. Slaughter’s prepared remarks below:

M./ Speaker,

For 40 years I’ve been marching for women’s choice. After all these years, it appears we still have a long way to go. With HR 1797, the Republican Majority is once again trying attacking a woman’s constitutionally-protected right to choose. This Republican “War on Women” has been a top priority for the Majority for decades, and it continues today.

June 18, 2013

Pro-Choice Caucus Stands United Against House GOP’s Extreme Abortion Measure

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Reps. Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY) and Diana DeGette (D-CO), co-chairs of the House Pro-Choice Caucus, joined several other Members in speaking out against the extreme legislation advancing today in the House that would ban all abortions after 20 weeks, with no exception to protect a woman’s health.

June 17, 2013

Rep. Slaughter Urges President Obama to Consider Limits on Antibiotic Use on Livestock at G8 Summit

WASHINGTON – Last week, House Rules Committee Ranking Member Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY) sent a letter to President Barack Obama urging him to pay special attention to the issues of antibiotic resistance at this week’s Group of Eight (G8) summit in Northern Ireland, and to consider limiting the use of antibiotics on healthy food animals. Recently, Britain’s Science Minister David Willetts has raised questions about the overuse of antibiotics in food animals and its contribution to the worldwide antibiotic resistance crisis. Congresswoman Slaughter, the only microbiologist in Congress, has authored the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA), which would prohibit the routine use of eight critical classes of antibiotics on healthy food animals, and would save these critical drugs for the treatment of humans and sick animals.

June 18, 2013

Floor Speech: Consideration of the Rule, HR 1797and 1947

On Tuesday, June 18, 2013, Louise managed the consideration of the rule for HR 1797 "Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act" and 1947 "Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act."  Below are her marks as prepared for delivery.

June 17, 2013

New York Times Sunday Letter: Judicial Ethics on the Supreme Court

On Sunday, June 16, 2013, Louise wrote a letter with her colleagues, Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Senator Christopher Murphy (D-CT), to the editors of The New York Times.  In the letter, Louise called on the Supreme Court to adopt a binding code of ethics and restore transparency and integrity to the Supreme Court. 

Soon, Louise will be introducing legislation in the House of Representatives to apply the binding Code of Conduct for United States Judges to the Supreme Court.  Currently, the Code of Conduct for United States Judges applies to every federal judge except the nine members of the highest court in the land.

To learn more about Louise's work on this issue, click here. 

Louise's full letter to the editor is reprinted below. To view the original letter on The New York Times website, click ...

June 14, 2013

New Report Raises Concerns About Overdraft Protection

“Does your bank’s “overdraft protection” cause you more harm than good? A new study from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau reports that you could be charged as much as $34 with one swipe of your debit card. You are legally allowed to opt-in or opt-out of “overdraft protection”, so learn more about the policy, and decide what’s best for you.