), at an earlier news conference with House Democrats where all the women wore white in honor of women’s suffrage. The bill also expands protections for Native American, transgender and immigrant women. Some Republicans voiced opposition to adding transgender women to the law. AD“They apparently took the position that violence against women is not important enough for us to take up,” Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) “This crime has elements that we are trying to address here in Congress, gun violence, violence against women and the meteoric rise of violence we are witnessing against the (Asian American Pacific Islander) community,” Rep. Marilyn Strickland (D-Wash.) said during the floor debate.

Source: Washington Post March 17, 2021 21:11 UTC