Lois Frankel

Let me start by first of all thanking my colleague, Mr. Castro, for yielding time, and Chairman Engel and Ranking Member McCaul for their bipartisan leadership. I am rising in support of a bipartisan resolution brought by myself and…

I thank my colleague from Pennsylvania for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to rise in support of what I consider, and many consider, one of the most important pieces of legislation that protects the families of America, the Violence…

I am too excited, Madam Speaker. This is why so many women end up in poverty. I want to just say this over and over: women go to work for the same reason men go to work, and that is to take care of their families. Regardless of the…

This is a great day in America. I am so proud to say that as the Congress considers these bills that protect and advance human rights. I rise today, specifically, to talk about the Paycheck Fairness Act, because men and women should be…

My community is still very upset about this, and I hope there will be another opportunity to really flush this out.

I have limited time, and I am sorry, I am not trying to be rude with you.

But what happened? I mean, there was an article that said, I mean, you could tell me.

I think sex trafficking is one of the scourges of humanity right now.

I urge you to take a look at Representative DeLauro's bill, the Family Act, because I think that is a much better way to go.

I reference you to take a look at Representative DeLauro's Family Act, which I think really is a very good way to go.

I could tell you that many people in my community are upset that it seems like a sexual predator was allowed on the loose.

So I am just saying, so you would like to have some funding in that area?

I agree with our chairs and our ranking member in terms of increasing, not decreasing your budget.

Will proposed budget cuts affect efforts in that, and what more could we be doing--

It seems to me the harm--the potential harm to the victim is the same.

I think you agree with me that an assailant shouldn't be allowed to sit next to a victim.

Would you agree that a victim of sexual assault should not be required to sit in a classroom with a perpetrator, day after day?

I think we can both--we can all agree that the response of the survivors' community is very important for their recovery.

I don't agree with some of these budget cuts but thank you so much for being here.

I think the women of this country are going to be done under your Administration, but thank you for being here.

If you are for more life and better life, then you should do something about these family separations because you are ruining the lives of thousands of children.

I would respectfully request that you bring to us any evidence, any fact, showing that a Title 10 provider has misused funds and used it for abortion.

And exactly your intention is to drive Planned Parenthood out of business. Is that your----

Well, if a teen is active sexually, don't you think that if they don't have access to safe birth control, it will likely lead to an unintended pregnancy?

So, well, since you brought up the question of teen pregnancy, you would be aware that teen pregnancy is the number one reason that teenage girls drop out of school.