Capitol Hill Brief — CWA is Your Voice Around the Nation
Concerned Women for America is your voice around the nation on issues you care about. Recently, we have been speaking on behalf of Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the Supreme Court. Here is CWA’s Communications Coordinator Janae Stracke at a recent town hall meeting: [AUDIO CLIP] Janae Stracke: It isn’t about the issues, which is […]
Capitol Hill Brief — CWA of Maine Stands for Gorsuch
Concerned Women for America of Maine state director Penny Morrell stood up for the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court at a recent town hall meeting hosted by Sen. King. Here is what she said: [AUDIO CLIP] Penny Morrell: Thank you, Senator King. My name is Penny Morrell. I’m state director […]
Concerned Women Through History: National Sovereignty — Deborah, Joan of Arc, and Bev Ehlen
There is a deep valor in standing up for one’s own nation. Believing in a nation’s sovereignty literally means believing in the state’s right to “self-govern.” It is the patriotism that protects one’s own nation against those who seek to oppress or destroy it. We could, at first, think national sovereignty has more to do […]
Capitol Hill Brief — Bill O’Reilly and a Day without Women
The so-called “day without women” was a poor representation of what womanhood is all about. I was glad to be your voice in a variety of national media shows for the past week to express our fundamental disagreement with this form of radical feminism. Here is a clip from my appearance on Bill O’Reilly […]
Capitol Hill Brief — Good News on Transgender Bathrooms Issue
Here’s a headline you don’t hear every day: “The Supreme Court did the right thing.” After the Trump Administration wisely rescinded President Obama’s transgender bathroom mandate, the U.S. Supreme Court has vacated and remanded a case dealing with the issue back to the lower court. That’s great news because it means that a lower […]
Concerned Women Through History: Religious Liberty — Miriam, Anne Hutchinson, and Tanya Ditty
Freedom. It’s something for which every human heart longs. That opportunity to connect with God and seek Him. Women throughout history have taught the world something about the need for freedom. Miriam, from the book of Exodus, helped her brother Moses lead their nation out of slavery into freedom. Retellings of this epic story often […]
Concerned Women Through History: Education – Eunice, Septima Clark, and Jill Noble
Eunice is one of the lesser known women of the Bible. She’s referenced twice, once in Acts and once in Paul’s letter to Timothy. 2 Timothy 1:5 states: “I have been reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in […]
Concerned Women Through History: Family — Ruth, Abigail Adams, and Kari Zeier
Ruth. She was a Moabite — a nation that only existed because of the rape and incest of Lot’s daughters with their father. Thus there was political hostility between her race and Israel. And in her personal life, she’d already been through so much. Her father-in-law had died. Her husband had died. Her first marriage […]
Capitol Hill Brief — The Democrats’ Conundrum
The Democrats’ conundrum when it comes to the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court was put succinctly by one of his home-state papers, The Colorado Springs Gazette, which joined the Denver Post in urging Democratic Senator Michael Bennet to support the well-qualified nominee. The paper’s editorial board wrote this: If Bennet wants to show […]
Capitol Hill Brief — Not a Lot of Time
The confirmation of a Supreme Court Justice is a long process. The nominee’s record must be studied and any concerns explored. But time flies by and, believe it or not, we do not have a lot of time to confirm Judge Neil Gorsuch. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has confirmed that he plans to […]
Capitol Hill Brief — Take Action on Gorsuch
We’ve been talking the last few weeks about the incredible credentials of President Trump’s choice to replace Justice Antonin Scalia at the U.S. Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch. Gorsuch is a judge in the mold of Scalia who will adhere to the text of the Constitution and laws of our country, despite personal feelings. This […]
Capitol Hill Brief — Trump on Education
I don’t know if you caught President Trump’s speech recently, but I gotta tell you, his statement on education being one of the top civil rights issues of our time was dead on and powerful; take a listen: [AUDIO CLIP] President Donald Trump: But to achieve this future, we must enrich the mind and […]
Capitol Hill Brief — Trump Speaks on Gorsuch Nomination
President Trump’s speech recently had a wonderful comment on Judge Neil Gorsuch, listen to what he said: [AUDIO CLIP] President Donald Trump: Finally, I have kept my promise to appoint a justice to the United States Supreme Court from my list of 20 judges who will defend our Constitution. … Neil Gorsuch, a man […]
Capitol Hill Brief — Not a Political Judge
Judge Neil Gorsuch makes decisions based on the Constitution, not politics. That’s why people on both sides of the aisle support his confirmation to be the next Supreme Court Justice. In his speech after the president announced his nomination, Gorsuch made a statement that reveals why he’s the best person to fill Justice Scalia’s […]
Capitol Hill Brief — The Justice America Needs
Judge Neil Gorsuch is the Supreme Court Justice America needs. He has the potential to be a stabilizing force, restoring public confidence in the courts through impartiality and fidelity to the Constitution and the laws enacted by Congress. Even a former acting solicitor general under the Obama Administration Neal Katyal agrees and wrote an […]
Capitol Hill Brief — Former Law Clerks for Gorsuch
Thirty-nine former 10th Circuit law clerks for nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch wrote a letter to congressional leaders boosting the judge’s Supreme Court nomination. The letter lauded Gorsuch’s qualifications as “impeccable.” “Each of us has had the privilege of serving as a law clerk to Judge Neil … Gorsuch… Our political views span the spectrum… But we […]
Concerned Women Through History: Sanctity of Human Life, Hebrew Midwives, Elizabeth Blackwell, and Sancha Smith
In celebration of Women’s History Month, we offer a seven-part series, each with a short featurette on one of Concerned Women for America’s (CWA) core issues and three women who champion that cause: one from Scripture, one from history, and one from today. The seven featurettes will cover our core issues: Defense of Family, Sanctity […]
Capitol Hill Brief — Stand Against Assisted Suicide
“Physician assisted suicide is not about bringing family together to make end-of-life decisions; it’s intended to exclude family members from the actual decision-making process.” That is a quote from Victoria Reggie Kennedy, the widow of Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy. Sen. Kennedy spent a great deal of his career focusing on health care policy. His […]
Capitol Hill Brief — Stopping the Horrible Assisted Suicide Trend
Six states have now legalized assisted suicide, and another 22 are currently considering legalization in their state legislatures. Assisted suicide supposedly increases patient choice, but we have seen the opposite. Patients who live in states where assisted suicide is legal are sometimes presented with no choice. Lethal medications cost insurance companies approximately $300, and […]
Capitol Hill Brief — Dems for Gorsuch
Guess who voted to confirm Judge Gorsuch to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals back in 2006? Big name Democrats like, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, John Kerry, and Hillary Clinton. And even some serving today like, Chuck Schumer, Patrick Leahy, Dianne Feinstein, Richard Durbin, and Jack Reed. Actually, he was confirmed unanimously, by a […]