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It’s a relief to see the Biden administration swiftly begin to dismantle the crippling rules and regulations put in place by the Trump administration to prevent healthcare providers not just from offering abortions but from even offering information about the procedure to patients. On Thursday, Biden is expected to repeal the global gag rule that forces foreign nongovernmental healthcare providers who receive U.S. financial aid to agree not to offer abortions — even when they do so with funds from other sources. These providers are also forbidden, as a condition of receiving aid, from cou...

President Biden promised us normalcy. He campaigned offering a rewind of the past four years, a return to a time when the president didn't tweet insults at 3 a.m. and could be safely forgotten for days on end. His presidency will be defined by whether he can deliver on that promise. That has two chief components. The first, of course, is ending the COVID-19 pandemic — certainly within 2021, and preferably by mid-summer. The hardest work has been done already: The vaccines are here, and they are very good. Biden's challenge now is rhetorical and logistical. He needs to convince the Americ...

When asked about her thoughts on Newsom's pick by an ABC affiliate, Breed said the decision was a surprise.   "This is a real blow to the African American community, to African American women, to women in general," she said, according to ABC 7 News. "It's really challenging to put it into words, but it was definitely a surprise." ADVERTISEMENT Breed said that the open seat in California was another opportunity to bolster Black, female representation in the upper chamber. Harris was the first Black woman to hold a Senate seat for the state.  "And it's an unfortunate situation as we are t...

Select Page Wittman statement on voting YES to support First District Priorities, families, small businesses, and provide greater pandemic relief WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) issued the following statement after voting in favor of the  Consolidated Appropriations Act, which fully funds the government through September 30th, 2021, and provides additional COVID-19 pandemic relief, relief to small businesses, American workers, and more. “The government funding and COVID-19 relief package Congress passed today is a critical funding bill that funds many of the prioriti...

The Triple Threat We are living through one of the most turbulent moments of our nation’s history. Some of the challenges we face are new: a pandemic caused by a novel coronavirus, and a president who refuses to lead us through a global health crisis. Other issues have been with us for a long time: systemic racism in every fixture of our society, extreme socioeconomic inequalities made worse by the current recession, and a consistent and vicious attack on reproductive health care in the states and in our courts. After four years of battling attacks on sexual and reproductive health and righ...