by gslwpadm | Jul 10, 2019 | In the News
Labor Secretary Alex Acosta, the former federal prosecutor who gave financier Jeffrey Epstein a light plea deal when he was first accused of sex-trafficking children, tried to cut a program that combats human trafficking by nearly 80 percent.Acosta is facing...
by gslwpadm | Jul 10, 2019 | In the News
Alexander Acosta, the US labor secretary under fire for having granted Jeffrey Epstein immunity from federal prosecution in 2008, after the billionaire was investigated for having run a child sex trafficking ring, is proposing 80% funding cuts for the...
by gslwpadm | Jul 9, 2019 | In the News
She’s the most powerful woman in the Capitol you’ve probably never heard of. But for Rep. Katherine Clark (Mass.), the vice chairwoman of the Democratic Caucus, that soon may change as she eyes a climb to the top.The progressive Massachusetts...
by gslwpadm | Jul 8, 2019 | In the News
Corresponding with Pride Month, Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus Rep. Katherine Clark, Massachusetts-5, and Reps. Chris Pappas, New Hampshire-1, and Sharice Davids, Kansas-3, introduced the Exposing Discrimination in Higher Education Act of 2019, legislation...
by gslwpadm | Jul 2, 2019 | Immigration, In the News
House Democrats continued to express outrage Tuesday at the conditions of migrant detention centers across the country after touring one of the facilities designated for children in Homestead, Florida.The lawmakers labeled what they saw inside of the private,...