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The women who pass away before they receive Social Security, for them this is nothing but a tax from which they or their family will never receive a benefit.

Ginny Brown-Waite

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Ginny Brown-Waite
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: October 5
Former U.S. Representative
Politician
Albany
New York
Virginia Brown-Waite
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For centuries, the world has heard the oppressed, the downtrodden and the vulnerable cry out for their freedoms, for their rights and for a chance to emerge from the shadows of the tyranny and bloodshed that they had lived with.
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I grew up with an extremely abusive father. As a mother, I wanted to protect my own children from exposure to violence. When I found out one of my daughters was in an abusive relationship, it broke my heart. Finally, she left him ?- but only after his abuse started spreading to the children.
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No longer should women be denied the right to vote, no longer should women be treated as second class citizens, no longer should women not be allowed to be a citizen at all.
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If a woman did not work and have the opportunity to save and invest on her own throughout her lifetime, she is often totally reliant on her family and Social Security for her retirement years.
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The list of non-democratic regimes that have seen significant reforms since 2001 is long and significant.
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Since President Bush took office in 2001, this Congress has supported an agenda of democracy, freedom and expansion of rights for all peoples throughout the world.
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I have noticed a marked improvement in FEMA and with the coordination of FEMA and the State agencies.
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No issue is more important to this Congress than securing our borders and protecting our homeland, and I guarantee it is very important to our constituents.
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Let us face it, the U.N. has failed. It has failed in its mission to promote world peace.
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In fact, Social Security is the only source of income nationwide for 29 percent of unmarried elderly women.
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The United Nations greatest fear is that average Americans will no longer tolerate these international scandals and demand that America withdraw from the international organization.
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While women certainly have made great strides toward pay parity in the past 30 years, there is still a gap in earnings between men and women in equivalent professions.
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Social Security is a plan that actually was designed in a much different time, in a different era, and with a different set of American demographics in mind.
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When given the chance, women have proven they will participate in the electoral process.
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We all know that, unfortunately, the media does not always portray the good things that are happening in Iraq and Afghanistan, and this will be a great opportunity for us to glean some information from the Iraqi women who are here for us to also take back to our constituents.
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Through the harsh design of fate, Florida was dealt the unfortunate circumstances of bearing the brunt of not one but two hurricanes, and it appears more dark clouds are poised to visit the Sunshine State.
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While Kuwait is not a democracy, giving only half the population a voice in their government is not a policy this Congress should support and one that I am glad that Kuwait's leaders are changing.
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I have the highest number of Social Security recipients of any Member of Congress, and it is always good to hear about how women in their districts are affected by any changes, by the need for changes in Social Security.
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The world today is changing rapidly, and we are helping to make it better for our children's future.
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The United Nations is a mess, riddled with scandals. In fact, the U.N. itself is a scandal.
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