Capitol Hill Brief — Fight for Life

  If you care about the sanctity of life, I want to encourage you to read “Feisty & Feminine: A Rallying Cry for Conservative Women.” I believe we are on the cusp of big gains in this area, and for the good of our nation, we need to be all hands on deck! Time magazine […]

Capitol Hill Brief — Human Trafficking

  Here is an area we must be equipped to engage in that I discuss in my book, Feisty & Feminine: A Rallying Cry for Conservative Women: the issue of human trafficking is today’s modern-day form of slavery. It is a dark industry that is rapidly growing and is estimated at about 32 billion dollars […]

Capitol Hill Brief — Speak Truth

  There’s so much we can do if we put our minds to it. God has gifted each of us, as conservative women, with unique talents, ideas, and passions, and it is our duty to use them in service of Him and our nation. There are approximately sixty million evangelical and faithful Catholic women in […]

Capitol Hill Brief — We Will Not Be Silent

  It is unfortunate, but we live in an increasingly liberal and secular society where conservative women are too often painted as two-dimensional caricatures. The truth is though, that we are a dynamic, diverse group with unique experiences as business leaders, politicians, mothers, wives, doctors, and thousands of other roles.  We have a lot to […]

Capitol Hill Brief — Our Time

  The “sexual assault DNA kits” backlog problem will require our constant vigilance. After the many years we’ve been working to raise the public’s awareness of this issue, USA Today reported just this year that, in New York, more than half of police agencies miss the deadline to report the number of untested sexual assault evidence […]

Capitol Hill Brief — God Bless Texas

  Texas is a good example of a state that is proactively looking for ways to eliminate their “sexual assault DNA kit” backlog. In 2013, the Department of Public Safety reported 20,000 untested rape kits.  Lawmakers quickly acted to provide $11 million to address the issue. Still, more than 3,500 of those identified kits remain untested — meaning they […]

CWA Statement on President Trump’s Newest Judicial Nominees

Today, the White House announced a new list of federal judicial nominations. Below is a statement from Concerned Women for America: “President Trump continues to fulfill his promise to the American people by appointing supremely qualified, constitutionalist judges for judicial nominations. We are thrilled to see that Justice Gorsuch was just the beginning. The president’s […]

Capitol Hill Brief — Can We Make a Difference?

  I told you yesterday about a big problem we have around the country with untested “sexual assault kits.” Concerned Women for America has been working on it for years now, trying to develop the funding streams necessary to address the situation and make sure to curtail waste as much as possible. Can we really […]

Capitol Hill Brief — How Many are There?

  How many “sexual assault kits” are on the backlog we discussed yesterday?  We don’t know.  We can confidently say, “thousands.” The difficulty comes in that there is no national database to keep track of them. Sometimes, they’re kept on a state by state basis, sometimes even just a city by city basis, or even […]

Senate Reaffirms Support for Israel and Move of Embassy to Jerusalem

Washington, D.C. – Monday evening, the Senate voted 90-0 to pass Senate Resolution 176 commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Six Day War as well as the reunification of Jerusalem. In this resolution, the Senate also reaffirmed the importance of the American-Israeli relationship. Penny Nance, CEO and President of Concerned Women for America, said today: […]

Capitol Hill Brief — The Rape Kits Backlog Problem

  Did you know that many women who have been sexually assaulted have received no justice, while the perpetrators are free to commit further assaults because of a backlog on what is known as the “sexual assault kit” or “SAKs”? It’s basically a kit containing DNA evidence that could (and, in a considerable amount of […]

Capitol Hill Brief — Simple Religious Discrimination

  The government tried to justify its discriminatory practices against Trinity Lutheran in the recent religious liberty case before the Supreme Court.  But even the liberal justices saw straight through the state’s claims.  Here is Justice Elena Kagan summarizing it: [Audio Clip] Justice Elena Kagan: Essentially, this is a program open to everyone — happens […]

CWA Disappointed in POTUS Delay in Moving Israeli Embassy

Washington, D.C. – Today, President Trump signed a six-month waiver instead of honoring the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 which required the U.S. Embassy to be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Penny Nance, CEO and President of Concerned Women for America, said today: “CWA’s members are very disappointed that the president chose to sign […]

Capitol Hill Brief — Denial of Basic Services

  The state of Missouri in the Trinity Lutheran religious liberty Supreme Court case went so far as to suggest that even basic health and safety benefits (like police and fire protection) may be denied to religious groups solely based on their religious convictions. [Audio Clip] Attorney James Layton: Even physical changes — even if […]

Statement of Penny Nance Regarding Planned Parenthood’s 2016 Annual Report

Yesterday, Planned Parenthood released their 2015-2016 annual report — six months later than usual. Penny Nance, CEO and President of Concerned Women for America, issued the following statement in response: “In the midst of a desperate fight to prove their relevance and fitness for federal funding, Planned Parenthood quietly released their latest annual report to […]

Capitol Hill Brief — No Constitutional Violation

  The government in the Trinity Lutheran religious liberty Supreme Court case tried to have it both ways.  They assured the Court there was no establishment clause violation with their program, but then argued they excluded the school in this case to avoid an apparently non-existent violation.  Here’s Chief Justice Roberts and the attorney for […]

Capitol Hill Brief — Does the Constitution Allow That?

  The Trinity Lutheran v. Comer religious liberty case at the Supreme Court exposes the pernicious way some government officials have institutionalized hostility towards religious people under the guise of constitutional requirement.  The state of Missouri tried to avoid the consequences of its arguments, but even the liberal members of the Court pressed on the […]

Capitol Hill Brief — Police & Fire Protection

  I recently told you about a rally we had at the Supreme Court for an important religious liberty case, Trinity Lutheran v. Comer.  This was the case where the government discriminated against a school just based on their religion. We stood for religious freedom on the steps outside the court, but inside the court, […]

This Memorial Day: We Remember

By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. — 1 John 3:16   All gave some… Some gave all. Join CWA as we remember those who have died defending our country and our freedoms. Let us pause to […]