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MomsRising Reacts to CBO Score of Republican Health Care Plan

March 14, 2017
Health Care

Lisa Lederer, 202-371-1996

Statement from Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, CEO and executive director of MomsRising, an online and on-the-ground organization of more than one million mothers and their families, on the CBO scoring of the American Health Care Act
“Yesterday’s Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report confirms what we have known all along: The Trump-led Republican health care plan to repeal much of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and restructure Medicaid would strip away health care coverage for millions of people -- 24 million by 2026. The only winners would be the wealthy, as well as the insurance and drug companies that benefit from the bill’s enormous tax cuts.
 
“The American Health Care Act would not only cost lives and hurt our economy, it makes a mockery of every campaign promise Donald Trump made about health care. Its enactment would be an absolute crisis for our nation, particularly for those who are in vulnerable communities,including: low-income families, people with disabilities, rural communities, and the elderly; with a compounding impact in Black, Latinx, Asian, Native American, and LGBTQ+ communities.To make matters worse, it would defund Planned Parenthood, undermining women’s access to basic health care. This legislation would be a disaster - and we must stop it.
 
“Instead of trying to undermine the credibility of the CBO, Republican leaders should work to strengthen the Affordable Care Act and ensure that everyone in this country has access to health coverage. Everyone gets sick, everyone should have a chance to get better too."
 
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The more than one million members of MomsRising have been pushing Congress to protect and improve the Affordable Care Act instead of repealing it on multiple fronts: Speaking out at town hall meetings across the nation, as well as by delivering hundreds of stories from every state about how Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act have saved lives. MomsRising members have sent letters and petitions, made calls to their leaders, shared facts on social media, written letters to the editor of their local newspapers, and visited the offices of elected leaders on Capitol Hill and in their districts.  MomsRising will keep fighting for health care until coverage for millions of people is no longer at risk.
 
For MomsRising’s book of stories on how the Affordable Care Act has been a lifesaver to families, click here. 
 

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MomsRising.org is an on-the-ground and online grassroots organization of more than a million people who are working to increase family economic security, decrease discrimination against women and moms, and to build a nation where businesses and families can thrive. Established in 2006, MomsRising and its members are organizing and speaking out to improve public policy and to change the national dialogue on issues that are critically important to America’s families, including criminal justice reform, immigration policy reform, and gun safety. MomsRising is working for paid family and medical leave, affordable, high quality childcare and early learning, and for an end to the wage and hiring discrimination which penalizes women — particularly moms and women of color — and so many others. MomsRising advocates for access to healthy food for all kids, health care for all, earned sick days, and breastfeeding rights so that all children can have a healthy start. MomsRising maintains a Spanish language website: MamásConPoder.org. Sign up online at www.MomsRising.org — and follow us on our blog, and on Twitter and Facebook.

Statement

Moms Group Calls on U.S. Senators to Shut Down Senate, Block SCOTUS Nominee; Says Supreme Court Needs to be Independent Check on Presidential Power

February 1, 2017

Lisa Lederer, 202-371-1996

Statement from Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, CEO and executive director of MomsRising, an online and on-the-ground organization of more than 1 million mothers and their families
“Since taking the oath of office, President Trump has pursued an agenda that undermines the values of our communities and the democratic principles that make our nation great. With so much at stake, it is critical that the U.S. Supreme Court remains an independent check on Presidential authority - one that protects the rights of all people and stands firm against discrimination. Neil Gorsuch will not be that check.
 
“As moms, dads, and people across the nation, we know our families, our communities and our country, simply cannot afford a Supreme Court judge, with a lifetime appointment, that rubber stamps Trump’s unconstitutional agenda into law. This is not the future we seek to build for our children.
 
“For members of the U.S. Senate, the question is simple: will Trump’s policies be pursued for one term, or forever codified into our nation’s law through the U.S. Supreme Court.
 
“We ask this question with the most intensity to the Democrat members of the U.S. Senate who endured nearly a year of unprecedented delays from the Republican members of the U.S. Senate on confirming President Obama’s selection for the U.S. Supreme Court — a nominee that was ultimately fully blocked and whose seat we are discussing today.
 
“MomsRising’s more than 1 million members know that now is not the time for business as usual. Trump threatens the fabric of our democracy, our national and economic security and our communities. All U.S. Senators, and particularly Democrats, must use every tool at their disposal to block the Supreme Court seat that Republicans stole by filibustering Judge Garland for nearly a year. The future of our country depends on it.”
 

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MomsRising.org is an on-the-ground and online grassroots organization of more than a million people who are working to increase family economic security, decrease discrimination against women and moms, and to build a nation where businesses and families can thrive. Established in 2006, MomsRising and its members are organizing and speaking out to improve public policy and to change the national dialogue on issues that are critically important to America’s families, including criminal justice reform, immigration policy reform, and gun safety. MomsRising is working for paid family and medical leave, affordable, high quality childcare and early learning, and for an end to the wage and hiring discrimination which penalizes women — particularly moms and women of color — and so many others. MomsRising advocates for access to healthy food for all kids, health care for all, earned sick days, and breastfeeding rights so that all children can have a healthy start. MomsRising maintains a Spanish language website: MamásConPoder.org. Sign up online at www.MomsRising.org — and follow us on our blog, and on Twitter and Facebook.

Statement

MomsRising Statement on the Government Shutdown

January 20, 2018
Immigration

Lisa Lederer, 202-371-1996

Statement from Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, executive director and CEO of MomsRising, a national online and on-the-ground organization of more than 1 million mothers and their families, on the government shutdown
“Republicans in Congress once again demonstrated their skewed priorities, that they would rather shut down the government than provide protections for DREAMers -- young immigrants who came to this country as children and who contribute greatly to their communities and our country. Congressional Republicans’ unwillingness to pass a continuing resolution that would allow DREAMers to live without fear is abhorrent. Shutting down the government will cause needless confusion, pain and suffering to families all across the country.
 
“Pitting funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) against protections for DREAMers is cynical and callous. Some 9 million children depend on CHIP and Congress should never have allowed funding for it to lapse. The only responsible thing for the Trump administration and its allies in Congress to do is to pass a clean DREAM Act, fully fund CHIP, and pass a full-year budget so we can avoid this type of partisan shenanigans in the future.
 
“Congress should immediately pass a budget that increases the spending caps to fund pivotal programs for the American people with parity between defense and non-defense funds. Continuing Resolutions are no way to fund a government and in the end it is vulnerable families and children who end up paying the price. Our elected leaders also must prioritize funding for CHIP and protections for DREAMers before all other business -- our children and young people have waited long enough for the grandstanding to subside so they can have health, stability, and safety in their lives. The moms of America are paying attention. We are disappointed in this recent action by Republican leaders and we will continue to speak out until they do right by our families.”
 

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MomsRising.org is an on-the-ground and online grassroots organization of more than a million people who are working to increase family economic security, decrease discrimination against women and moms, and to build a nation where businesses and families can thrive. Established in 2006, MomsRising and its members are organizing and speaking out to improve public policy and to change the national dialogue on issues that are critically important to America’s families, including criminal justice reform, immigration policy reform, and gun safety. MomsRising is working for paid family and medical leave, affordable, high quality childcare and early learning, and for an end to the wage and hiring discrimination which penalizes women — particularly moms and women of color — and so many others. MomsRising advocates for access to healthy food for all kids, health care for all, earned sick days, and breastfeeding rights so that all children can have a healthy start. MomsRising maintains a Spanish language website: MamásConPoder.org. Sign up online at www.MomsRising.org — and follow us on our blog, and on Twitter and Facebook.

Statement

National Guard Deployment to Southern Border Is ‘Rash, Misguided and Dangerous for Our Democracy’

April 5, 2018
Immigration

Lisa Lederer, 202-371-1996

Statement from Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, executive director and CEO of MomsRising, a national online and on-the-ground organization of more than 1 million mothers and their families
“President Trump’s plan to send the National Guard to the southern border is rash, misguided and dangerous for our democracy. This move will do nothing to protect our country; instead, it will inflame tensions along the border and further demonize immigrant communities, which are already suffering terribly under the Trump presidency.  Further, blocking asylum seekers from accessing the asylum process at our borders, as this plan appears likely to do, is a violation of United States and international law.
 
“It is appalling – but sadly unsurprising – that Trump sees the humanitarian crisis at the Mexican border as a threat that requires military action, rather than a situation that should be handled with care and compassion. As with Trump’s repeated lies about immigrants and refugees, and his obsession with building a wasteful border wall, this move will do nothing but further endanger vulnerable communities at the border and increase the xenophobic rhetoric plaguing our national dialogue. A large portion of border crossers are unaccompanied minors or parents with young children – they should be met with aid and assistance, not the National Guard.
 
“The country’s moms will urge Congress to rein in the president and stop this ill-advised, callous plan from being implemented.”
 

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MomsRising.org is an on-the-ground and online grassroots organization of more than a million people who are working to increase family economic security, decrease discrimination against women and moms, and to build a nation where businesses and families can thrive. Established in 2006, MomsRising and its members are organizing and speaking out to improve public policy and to change the national dialogue on issues that are critically important to America’s families, including criminal justice reform, immigration policy reform, and gun safety. MomsRising is working for paid family and medical leave, affordable, high quality childcare and early learning, and for an end to the wage and hiring discrimination which penalizes women — particularly moms and women of color — and so many others. MomsRising advocates for access to healthy food for all kids, health care for all, earned sick days, and breastfeeding rights so that all children can have a healthy start. MomsRising maintains a Spanish language website: MamásConPoder.org. Sign up online at www.MomsRising.org — and follow us on our blog, and on Twitter and Facebook.

Statement

In Callous, Politically-Motivated Move, Trump Puts Health Coverage for People with Pre-Existing Conditions at Risk

June 8, 2018
Health Care

Lisa Lederer, 202-371-1996

Statement from Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, CEO and executive director of MomsRising, an online and on-the-ground organization of more than one million mothers and their families, on the Trump administration announcement that it will no longer defend the Affordable Care Act in court:

“The Trump administration put 130 million people at risk of losing their health coverage and care when it went to court last night to demand repeal of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) protections for people with pre-existing conditions. The administration is now arguing that it is unconstitutional for the government to prohibit insurers from denying or dropping coverage for people with pre-existing conditions. If it prevails, we will return to the days when being a woman was a ‘pre-existing condition’ and insurers will once again be able to price health plans out of reach for those of us with cancer, heart disease, diabetes, asthma or other health conditions, or deny us coverage altogether. The health individual insurance marketplace will become even more unstable and premium rate hikes will skyrocket, especially for women and seniors.

“The administration has a duty to defend the ACA, which is law. Abdicating that duty is just the latest in a long list of shameful, callous, politically-motivated moves to sabotage a law that has helped millions of families.

“This is yet another reminder that this President cares much more about partisan politics and corporate profits than the health and well-being of America’s moms, children, and families.”

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MomsRising.org is an on-the-ground and online grassroots organization of more than a million people who are working to increase family economic security, decrease discrimination against women and moms, and to build a nation where businesses and families can thrive. Established in 2006, MomsRising and its members are organizing and speaking out to improve public policy and to change the national dialogue on issues that are critically important to America’s families, including criminal justice reform, immigration policy reform, and gun safety. MomsRising is working for paid family and medical leave, affordable, high quality childcare and early learning, and for an end to the wage and hiring discrimination which penalizes women — particularly moms and women of color — and so many others. MomsRising advocates for access to healthy food for all kids, health care for all, earned sick days, and breastfeeding rights so that all children can have a healthy start. MomsRising maintains a Spanish language website: MamásConPoder.org. Sign up online at www.MomsRising.org — and follow us on our blog, and on Twitter and Facebook.

News release

#FamiliesBelongTogether Demands Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase Stop Financing For-Profit Prison Companies Benefiting from Family Separation

July 16, 2018
Immigration

Lisa Lederer, 202-371-1996

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the #FamiliesBelongTogether coalition calls on Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase to stop financing two large for-profit private prison corporations, CoreCivic and GEO Group, which operate immigration detention centers where separated families are being held against their will. Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase are leading financiers of CoreCivic and GEO Group.

More than 70 organizations, including the National Domestic Workers Alliance, MomsRising, MoveOn, In The Public Interest, Little Sis, ACRE, Color of Change, Make the Road New York, AVAAZ, Enlace, Presente.org, the Center for Popular Democracy, and more, are demanding that Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase stop financing these corporations that directly profit from family separation, detention, and incarceration. The petition comes at a crucial time when the population of immigrants held in private detention centers is expected to increase dramatically due to Trump’s harmful policies.

Cutting off the debt financing from banks would make it harder for CoreCivic and GEO Group to conduct day-to-day business operations, finance new facilities, and acquire smaller companies, all of which hurt immigrant families. An analysis of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings over the past ten years shows that Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase have played a leading role in financing these debts. JPMorgan Chase is the single largest financier to GEO Group and CoreCivic, holding 62 percent more debt than the second biggest lender to these two corporations.

“This is an easy choice. JP Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo can choose to be on the right side of history and pull their financing for prisons that are directly profiting off the pain and trauma of families being inhumanely detained or separated by Trump’s ‘zero humanity’ policy. Or they can do nothing and condone one of the biggest humanitarian crisis of our recent history.” said Jess Morales Rockette, Political Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance. “Basic decency should win over profits.”

“JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo want their customers to believe they stand with immigrants and people of color at the same time that they’re bankrolling oppression at private prisons and immigrant detention centers,” said Javier H. Valdés, Co-Executive Director of Make the Road New York. “Our community is not fooled—we see these backers of hate for what they are, and we are standing up to their hypocrisy.”

“By financing these for-profit prison corporations, Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase are complicit in the Trump Administration’s human rights abuses in the name of immigration enforcement,” said Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, Executive Director of MomsRising. “Millions of moms and families all over the country are outraged by the horror and abuse happening at these detention centers, and they will not stand for companies that further enable the separation of families.”

“The private prison industry emboldens the administration’s cruel immigration policies while making a killing from caging children and families. Private prisons run a morally bankrupt business model, causing great harm to our communities. No one should be in the torture-for-profit business," said Matt Nelson, Executive Director of Presente.org. “We must deter private companies from investing, stop banks from financing, and eliminate the practice of elected officials granting contracts to this inhumane profit model. And, ICE should be abolished, and if you end the financial and political incentives that support the caging of immigrant families, as experts have said, the whole racket will fall on itself.”

“Trump needs private prison corporations in order to fulfill his racist promises, and private prison corporations need Wall Street banks in order to deliver,” said Jeremy Mohler, Communications Director of In the Public Interest. “We’re here to hold the banks accountable.”

“The Prison Industry Lobby is fueled by Wall Street and banks like Chase and Wells Fargo. This lobby has been successful thanks to these banks and REIT status in kidnapping people from our community and profiting from our communities’ pain. We are building Freedom Cities to demand cities and local institutions cut ties with these banks and invest in alternatives like municipal banks. Freedom Cities are building visionary campaigns for immigrants and communities of color, together we fight for our collective liberation,” said Daniel Carrillo, Enlace Executive Director.

“Our communities have suffered far too long at the hand of the private prison industry that profits from incarcerating people of color including immigrants,” said Cristina Jimenez, Co-Executive Director and Co-founder of United We Dream. "JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo are complicit in the pain and suffering our communities until they stop financing for-profit prisons and investing in this racist industry.”

The #FamilesBelongTogether coalition calls on Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase to end this complicity and immediately stop their financial support for organizations that are profiting from mass incarceration and the criminalization of immigration.

 Participating organizations in the petition include:

 18MillionRising.org
350Seattle
Action Center on Race & the Economy
Action Group Network
Action NC
Adores of the Blood of Christ, US Region
AFT Washington
Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP)
Beyond the Bomb
Candide Group
Center for Popular Democracy
Center for Victims of Torture
Children's Defense Fund - Texas
CISPES Santa Cruz
Conference of Superiors of Men (Catholic Religious)
Courage Campaign
CREDO
Daily Kos
Defending Rights & Dissent
Define American
End Domestic Abuse WI
End Solitary Santa Cruz County, CA
Entre Hermanos
Equal Voice Action
Every Child Matters
Faith Action Network
Families Belong Together
Franciscan Action network
Franciscans. TOR
Freedom Forward
Global Exchange
Hand in Hand
Houston ISD
In the Public Interest
Indivisible Kirkland
Indivisible Whidbey
Jobs With Justice
LittleSis
Mainers for Accountable Leadership
Make the Road New Jersey
Make the Road New York
Millennial Politics
MomsRising
MoveOn
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
National Domestic Workers Alliance
National Immigrant Justice Center
National Immigration Law Center
National Institute for Reproductive Health
National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
Native Organizers Alliance
New York Communities for Change
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project
OBHC
OneAmerica
Peace Action Group of Plymouth Church Seattle, UCC
Plymouth Church
Presente.org
South Asian Americans Leading Together
Suit Up Maine
The University of Michigan School of Social Work
Topanga Peace Alliance, and MLK Coalition of Greater Los Angeles
UAW Local 4121
UltraViolet
UnidosUS (formerly National Council of La Raza)
United Parent Leaders Action Network (UPLAN)
United We Dream
Vermont Interfaith Action
Wallingford Indivisible
WIA
Win Without War
Women+s March Washington State
Youth Caucus of America

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MomsRising.org is an on-the-ground and online grassroots organization of more than a million people who are working to increase family economic security, decrease discrimination against women and moms, and to build a nation where businesses and families can thrive. Established in 2006, MomsRising and its members are organizing and speaking out to improve public policy and to change the national dialogue on issues that are critically important to America’s families, including criminal justice reform, immigration policy reform, and gun safety. MomsRising is working for paid family and medical leave, affordable, high quality childcare and early learning, and for an end to the wage and hiring discrimination which penalizes women — particularly moms and women of color — and so many others. MomsRising advocates for access to healthy food for all kids, health care for all, earned sick days, and breastfeeding rights so that all children can have a healthy start. MomsRising maintains a Spanish language website: MamásConPoder.org. Sign up online at www.MomsRising.org — and follow us on our blog, and on Twitter and Facebook.

Statement

Trump Administration’s Public Charge Rule Is a Public Disgrace, Moms Leader Says

September 24, 2018
Immigration

Lisa Lederer, 202-371-1996

Statement from Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, CEO and executive director of MomsRising, an online and on-the-ground organization of more than one million mothers and their families, on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the Trump administration’s ‘public charge’ rule, issued Saturday:

“Mean. Short-sighted. Deceptive. Harmful. Dangerous. Anti-family.

“Those are just some of the ways to describe the ‘public charge’ rule the Trump administration announced on Saturday. This rule would force families with children to choose between reuniting with loved ones and putting food on the table. It would create an immigration system in which green cards go to the highest bidders, putting the wealthy ahead of families who’ve waited years to be reunited – and families with moderate incomes need not apply.

“This rule is designed to vilify all immigrants, pointing the finger at new immigrants, so we look the other way while this administration and this Congress give massive, unprecedented tax breaks to the mega-wealthy and huge corporations while cutting funding from health, education, housing, food and nutrition programs and other critical services that families need.

“The truth is that immigrants are a vital part of our nation’s economy and culture. In fact immigrants pay much more in taxes than they receive in benefits. For example, 3.3 million immigrant business owners accounted for 20.3 percent of all self-employed U.S. residents in 2015 and generated $72.3 billion in business income.

“The moms of America understand what President Trump and his allies in Congress apparently do not – that diversity is what makes our country strong and prosperous, not the opposite. When we have each others’ backs – by ensuring that those of us who’ve fallen on hard times can get through to better days – we make this a nation we’re proud to call home.

“Our country’s moms have been horrified by the administration’s heartless treatment of asylum-seekers and immigrants. This rule would continue that shameful treatment and harm our nation’s children for years to come. It is a public disgrace and we will fight it.”

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MomsRising.org is an on-the-ground and online grassroots organization of more than a million people who are working to increase family economic security, decrease discrimination against women and moms, and to build a nation where businesses and families can thrive. Established in 2006, MomsRising and its members are organizing and speaking out to improve public policy and to change the national dialogue on issues that are critically important to America’s families, including criminal justice reform, immigration policy reform, and gun safety. MomsRising is working for paid family and medical leave, affordable, high quality childcare and early learning, and for an end to the wage and hiring discrimination which penalizes women — particularly moms and women of color — and so many others. MomsRising advocates for access to healthy food for all kids, health care for all, earned sick days, and breastfeeding rights so that all children can have a healthy start. MomsRising maintains a Spanish language website: MamásConPoder.org. Sign up online at www.MomsRising.org — and follow us on our blog, and on Twitter and Facebook.

Statement

After the Terrorism Last Week, ‘It Is a Measure of the Man that Trump Puts His Politics Ahead of the Country’s Needs,’ Moms Leader Says

November 1, 2018
Immigration

Lisa Lederer, 202-371-1996

Statement from Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, CEO and executive director of MomsRising, an online and on-the-ground organization of more than one million mothers and their families, on the President’s promise to revoke birthright citizenship and to call in the military to block children and families seeking refuge in the United States:

“As countless legal scholars with a range of political views are pointing out, President Trump does not have the power to overturn birthright citizenship, which is enshrined in our Constitution. Doing so would require a constitutional amendment, which in turn requires an extraordinary consensus that does not exist because, thankfully, few people in this country share his extreme, baseless anti-immigrant views. 

“In the aftermath of a week that saw three horrific acts of domestic terrorism, all motivated by anti-Semitism, racism, xenophobia and other forms of hate, it is disgraceful that the President would foment anti-immigrant sentiment and further division by attempting to revoke birthright citizenship and by calling in the military to patrol our borders, which is a political ploy and a tremendous waste of resources. We do not share his paranoid fantasy about the caravan; we see what is really there: moms, children and families searching for a chance to live, learn and work in peace.

“It is a measure of the man that President Trump puts his politics ahead of what the country needs and wants. His rhetoric and his policies are racist, nativist and self-serving, and the moms of America reject them. We will not be distracted from the Trump administration’s attempts to take away our health care security and enrich billionaires and corporations at the expense of our families’ economic wellbeing.

“Every immigrant and asylum-seeking family deserves to be treated with dignity, compassion and respect. Stoking fear and hate instead of offering solutions is abhorrent. We oppose the administration’s immigration and asylum policies and we reject the President’s dangerous rhetoric. We will make our views known next Tuesday at the polls.”

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MomsRising.org is an on-the-ground and online grassroots organization of more than a million people who are working to increase family economic security, decrease discrimination against women and moms, and to build a nation where businesses and families can thrive. Established in 2006, MomsRising and its members are organizing and speaking out to improve public policy and to change the national dialogue on issues that are critically important to America’s families, including criminal justice reform, immigration policy reform, and gun safety. MomsRising is working for paid family and medical leave, affordable, high quality childcare and early learning, and for an end to the wage and hiring discrimination which penalizes women — particularly moms and women of color — and so many others. MomsRising advocates for access to healthy food for all kids, health care for all, earned sick days, and breastfeeding rights so that all children can have a healthy start. MomsRising maintains a Spanish language website: MamásConPoder.org. Sign up online at www.MomsRising.org — and follow us on our blog, and on Twitter and Facebook.

Statement

Long Overdue Ban on Bump Stocks Is One Step in Making Our Country Safer … But There's Much More To Do, Moms Leader Says

December 18, 2018
Gun Control

Lisa Lederer, 202-371-1996

Statement from leaders of MomsRising, an online and on-the-ground organization of more than one million mothers and their families, on the ban on bump stocks announced today:

“We are grateful that, at last, the Trump administration is moving to ban bump stocks, defining them as machine guns and making them illegal. This small step is welcome and long, long overdue but more action is urgently needed to combat gun violence. Lives are being lost.  Gun violence in America is the highest it’s been in 40 years, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Too many people have been injured or killed by guns as this administration and a Republican Congress dragged their feet on adopting the common sense gun safety measures that can make our schools, communities, workplaces, streets and homes safer. We look to the new Congress, taking office in a few weeks, to do what the last one would not: adopt universal background checks on all gun sales, ban military-style assault weapons with high-capacity magazines, and advance comprehensive gun safety reforms that will prevent more mass shootings like those we saw in Pittsburgh, Thousand Oaks, Parkland and Las Vegas and reduce the toll of everyday gun violence that’s killing more than 40,000 people a year.” 

  --Statement of Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, Executive Director and CEO, MomsRising

“At this time when there are more firearms in civilian hands than there are people in the United States, we are pleased to see the administration finally ban bump stocks – deadly devices that turn semiautomatic firearms into machine guns. We look to the administration to vigorously defend the ban against all court challenges. What the U.S. Department of Justice did today is a small step in the right direction, but it is not nearly enough. We need meaningful gun safety measures, including limiting military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. The moms of America demand comprehensive solutions that will keep us all safe. We have the right to expect that our families will be safe on the streets and in our homes.” 

  --Statement of Gloria Pan, National Director, Gun Safety & Rapid Response, MomsRising

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MomsRising.org is an on-the-ground and online grassroots organization of more than a million people who are working to increase family economic security, decrease discrimination against women and moms, and to build a nation where businesses and families can thrive. Established in 2006, MomsRising and its members are organizing and speaking out to improve public policy and to change the national dialogue on issues that are critically important to America’s families, including criminal justice reform, immigration policy reform, and gun safety. MomsRising is working for paid family and medical leave, affordable, high quality childcare and early learning, and for an end to the wage and hiring discrimination which penalizes women — particularly moms and women of color — and so many others. MomsRising advocates for access to healthy food for all kids, health care for all, earned sick days, and breastfeeding rights so that all children can have a healthy start. MomsRising maintains a Spanish language website: MamásConPoder.org. Sign up online at www.MomsRising.org — and follow us on our blog, and on Twitter and Facebook.

Statement

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam Should Resign, Moms Leader Says

February 2, 2019

Lisa Lederer, 202-371-1996

Statement from Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, CEO and executive director of MomsRising, an online and on-the-ground organization of more than one million mothers and their families, on the revelations about Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s racist actions:

“Gov. Northam’s comments today – including his admission of past ‘mistakes’ and his denial that he is portrayed in the deeply offensive, racist yearbook photo that surfaced yesterday – are contradictory and wholly inadequate. If he is not one of the people portrayed in that despicable photo, he should have said so the moment it surfaced. In addition, this still begs the question of why he allowed such an awful image to be featured on his yearbook page in the first place. It’s completely unacceptable for anyone, especially for an elected leader, to create, promote, or be associated with such racist imagery.

“Every mom knows this is not okay; and especially at this time when our country is so deeply divided and President Trump is actively reinforcing structural racism in policy, we need leaders who are better than this. Gov. Northam simply is not the right person to lead Virginia. He should resign from office now.”

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MomsRising.org is an on-the-ground and online grassroots organization of more than a million people who are working to increase family economic security, decrease discrimination against women and moms, and to build a nation where businesses and families can thrive. Established in 2006, MomsRising and its members are organizing and speaking out to improve public policy and to change the national dialogue on issues that are critically important to America’s families, including criminal justice reform, immigration policy reform, and gun safety. MomsRising is working for paid family and medical leave, affordable, high quality childcare and early learning, and for an end to the wage and hiring discrimination which penalizes women — particularly moms and women of color — and so many others. MomsRising advocates for access to healthy food for all kids, health care for all, earned sick days, and breastfeeding rights so that all children can have a healthy start. MomsRising maintains a Spanish language website: MamásConPoder.org. Sign up online at www.MomsRising.org — and follow us on our blog, and on Twitter and Facebook.

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