Statement “Moms and their families across the country are deeply disappointed at the Supreme Court’s decision on President Obama’s executive actions on immigration, which aimed to keep immigrant families together and strengthen our nation’s economy with their contributions. The Court’s decision to let stand the lower court’s ruling means that the more than 5 million children in homes with one undocumented parent face being separated from their parents.
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June 23, 2016
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June 23, 2016
Statement “Last night, moms and their families across America cheered on the House Democrats as they staged a historic sit-in to urge a vote on common-sense gun safety measures. Over the past several years moms have sent in over 100,000 letters, made calls, visited leaders, shared their stories with gun violence, held events, and so much more. With an epidemic of gun deaths - more than 33,000 Americans are injured or killed by guns each year - now is not the time for business as usual.
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June 20, 2016
Statement "It's easy to think about giving up in times like these. But we can't. The current situation is simply not okay. More than 20,000 children are injured or killed by guns each year, more than 33,000 people are killed by guns each year, and just last week 49 people in Orlando were gunned down in a LGBTQ+ safe space on Latino night by a mass shooter using a military-style assault weapon with a high capacity magazine that has no legitimate civilian use.
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June 16, 2016
Statement “The Philadelphia City Council today stood up for children’s health by passing a tax on soda that will go to expand pre-K and invest in parks, community schools, recreation centers, and libraries. The new tax will support important investments in our city's children. It will also help to reduce children’s consumption of sugary carbonated beverages that have no nutritional value and have been linked to a range of serious lifelong health problems including diabetes, heart disease and obesity.
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June 12, 2016
Statement “There are no words. We are heartbroken for the victims, their families, the city of Orlando, the LGBTQ+ community, and for our nation.
“Gun violence is never the answer.
“Today we mourn, tomorrow we rise for gun safety policies that bring real safety and real change. And we rise to stand against all hate crimes. There were 372 mass shootings in 2015 alone. This can't continue.”
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May 24, 2016
Statement "The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce last week voted legislation out of committee that will turn back the clock on the advances we’ve made in improving childhood nutrition over the last five years. This reauthorization bill will actually reduce children’s access to the healthy and nutritious meals they need to thrive. It would cut off food programs for tens of thousands of children who need them and create unnecessary barriers that would prevent additional children from enrolling.
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May 17, 2016
Statement “MomsRising and our more than a million members are pleased to see the U.S. Department of Labor take important action to ensure that workers are fairly compensated for the hours they put in at work.
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National Moms’ Group Calls for Passage of Paycheck Fairness Act As Mother’s Equal Pay Day Approaches
May 13, 2016
Statement “Last Sunday was Mother’s Day, when we celebrate all the things moms do for us every day. This coming Monday is another kind of Mother’s Day. It’s Mother’s Equal Pay Day – the date to which a mother typically has to work to make as much as a father made the previous calendar year.
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April 22, 2016
Statement “The bill introduced this week in the U.S. House of Representatives to reauthorize the federal child nutrition programs actually weakens those programs, which are intended to ensure that children have access to the healthy and nutritious meals they need to thrive. It would cut off food programs for tens of thousands of children who need them and create unnecessary barriers that would prevent additional children from enrolling.
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April 14, 2016
News release On the last day of the Maryland legislative session, the State Senate failed to follow the lead of the Maryland House of Delegates in passing historic legislation requiring companies of more than 15 people to allow their employees to earn up to seven days of paid sick leave. The legislation, which has taken more than three years to pass the State legislature passed the House of Delegates 84-54 last week. Right now, more than 700,000 Marylanders lack access to paid sick leave, despite recent polling showing that 83% of Maryland residents support such legislation.
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