Legal Momentum Board Member Laura Wilkinson addressed the Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee’s discussion on women’s economic and health security on July 9, 2014.
Testimony and Public Comments
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A letter submitted to the House Committee on Education & the Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections applauding the work done to ensure that federal contractors comply with Executive Order 11246.
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A shadow report about violence against women and U.S. compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) submitted to the 109th Session of United Nations Human Rights Committee.
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A statement to the Income Security and Family Support of the House Committee on Ways and Means to be included in the record of the Subcommittee’s April 22, 2010 Hearing on the "Role of Education and Training in the TANF Program."
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Comments to Chairman Tom Harkin and other members of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, and the Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety on the legislation to reauthorize the Workforce Investment Act. The comments suggest that: The definition of “individuals with barriers to employment” should be expanded to include individuals preparing for nontraditional occupations.
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Statement submitted to the House Committee on Ways and Means to be included in the record of the Subcommittee on Human Resource February 28, 2013 hearing on “Waiving Work Requirements in the TANF Program”.
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Statement to the House of Representatives urging Congress and the Obama Administration to move forward with comprehensive reauthorization legislation that will increase federal funding and raise participation rates and benefit levels in TANF.
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A letter to the Department of Labor applauds their proposal to collect updated information about the Family and Medical Leave Act and suggests minor changes to enhance the quality and clarity of the information collected.
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Letters to the White House and Senate, signed by Legal Momentum and allied organizations, in opposition to policy riders in the FY 2011 budget.
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As Congress prepares to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) this year, Arizona Representative Raul Grijalva invited Leslye Orloff, Senior Vice President and Director of Legal Momentum’s Immigrant Women Program, to testify at a recent hearing regarding VAWA’s immigration provisions.
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Comments urging the Congress and the Obama Administration to move forward with comprehensive reauthorization legislation that will increase federal funding and raise participation rates and benefit levels in TANF.
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TANF's Work First policy has helped perpetuate single mother poverty and single mother employment in low wage “women’s work.” Legal Momentum urges Congress and the Administration to move forward rapidly to amend the TANF statute to embrace the Work Best approach.
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