Val Demings: “Hear me clearly: That is shameful.”

I think congressman-elect Ryan said it best. He said that choice and freedom were on the ballot. And guess what? Choice and freedom, in his words, won last night.

How can we sit here today--are we serious?--and say, regardless of the physical, emotional, and psychological trauma, the women and girls who survive these vicious attacks, that does not matter?

the intensity of this storm should call all of us concerned.

We are here to discuss communities that are most at-risk during disasters and struggle to recover properly from their effects.