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On the recordFebruary 15, 2011
It has been 6 weeks now since Republicans assumed control of the House of Representatives, and we have yet to see a single job-creation bill brought to the House floor. Indeed, just last week we spent roughly 10 hours debating a primary function of Congress, that of congressional oversight, something we already do. Yet still no legislation brought forward to spur job creation. But while the Republican Congress has yet to bring forward a jobs agenda, they have found plenty of time to bring forward an extreme anti-woman agenda. Just recently we saw the introduction of H.R. 3, legislation that originally sought to redefine the definition of rape. Yes, that's right, legislation that would change rape from acting without a woman's consent to instead require women to prove force was used in order to prove rape. It remains to be seen whether Republicans working on this legislation have shelved their plans to redefine rape and whether they will revise the language in H.R. 3. Still, 163 Republicans signed on as cosponsors of the bill with the forcible rape language included. But the extreme anti-woman agenda doesn't stop with attempting to redefine rape.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democratic · Florida
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govinfo.gov
Feb 15, 2011

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Wasserman Schultz criticizes Republicans for not addressing job creation and promoting anti-woman legislation.

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