 Challenge America grants go to the towns and hamlets of this sprawling country, where big touring companies will rarely go, and major actors, actresses, writers and artists may never appear in person. |
| Many poor and low-income women cannot afford to purchase contraceptive services and supplies on their own. |
| If they are opposed to abortion, they should be for preventing unintended pregnancies. |
| Let's clean up our environment. Let's clean up our bodies, but most importantly, let's not permit our babies of the future to be polluted before they are even born. |
| Surely the Department of Defense can and needs to do a better job of training new and existing first responders to respond to sexual assaults occurring in the military. |
| And whether it is equal pay, health care, Social Security, or family leave, this Congress has refused to address issues critical to hard-working American women. |
| While other industries have suffered, the nonprofit arts world continues to build in strength while it encourages the growth of innumerable small businesses on its periphery, thereby creating more jobs. |
| The Defense Department must do a better job of providing the best possible care for service women who are victims of sexual assault. |
| That we have children coming into this world already polluted, at the same time we don't know what the effects of that pollution will be on their mental and physical development, is both bad policy and immorally wrong. |
| Women in the service put themselves in harms way to protect us and our Nation from threats at home and abroad. The least we can do is ensure they are protected when facing a horrible tragedy. |
| Half of all women who are sexually active, but do not want to get pregnant, need publicly funded services to help them access public health programs like Medicaid and Title X, the national family planning program. |
| Through persistent dedication, Susan B. Anthony, and other remarkable leaders, women were finally granted the right to vote in 1920. |
| Rove and his attorneys can parse the words all they want, but it is now clear that while Rove may not have given a reporter Plame's name, he clearly identified her by telling the reporter that Joseph Wilson's wife was a CIA agent. |
| Contraceptives have a proven track record of enhancing the health of women and children, preventing unintended pregnancy, and reducing the need for abortion. |
| The U.S. has the finest research scientists in the world, but we are falling far behind other countries, like South Korea and Singapore, that are moving forward with embryonic stem cell research. |
| I am disturbed that the identification and clothing of our public officials is so easily reproduced. |
| As a microbiologist, I am particularly concerned with Mr. Bush's blatant disregard for science. |
| We all know that girls who compete in sports perform better in school, are physically healthier and have a stronger self-esteem. |
| We have record high temperatures and record high energy prices across the country, and we've seen the dangerous effects caused by extreme temperatures in the past. |
| For most women, including women who want to have children, contraception is not an option; it is a basic health care necessity. |
