Best quotes by Gwen Moore on Women

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• ‟ Violence against women is as American as apple pie. I know, not only as a legislator, but from personal experience.

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• ‟ Violence against women in this country is not levied against just Democrats, but Republicans as well... not just rich people or poor people. It knows no gender, it knows no ethnicity, it knows nothing.

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• ‟ It is only with the passage of the Violence Against Women Act in 1994 that we have been able to put a dent in violence against women, and women have had a place to go.

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• ‟ It is very frightening to see a resurgence of the old mores, or lack thereof, regarding women's rights to their own bodies.

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• ‟ As legislators and as Members of Congress, it is our obligation to speak up for those who are being ignored in our society. The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) does just that.

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• ‟ It is important for women to have a choice, to have an opportunity to plan their families, because if they don't, the Republicans have said this is an ownership society. You are on your own, and they're going to begrudge that child everything, from WIC to a Pell Grant to health insurance.

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• ‟ I've been the co-chair of the Non-Partisan Women's Caucus and vice-chair for several years, taking a leadership role in this women's organization.

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• ‟ The reality is is that Congress is a very male-gendered oriented institution. Out of the, you know, more than 10,000 people who've ever been elected to Congress, you know, only about 250 of them have ever been women.

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• ‟ Violence against women is as American as apple pie.

  - Gwen Moore