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Washington, DC – Today, Representatives Lois Frankel (D-FL-21), David Cicilline (D-RI-01), Chair of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee, Ann Wagner (R-MO-02), Vice Ranking Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, and Susan Wild (D-PA-07) released the following statement after the trial of Loujain al-Hathloul and other prominent and longtime women's rights activis
WASHINGTON—Today, a bipartisan group of members of Congress reintroduced legislation that would focus America's diplomatic, development, and security efforts on preventing the root causes of violence and instability in countries around the world.
WASHINGTON – Representatives Ann Wagner (MO-02), Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15), Sylvia Garcia (TX-29), and Trey Hollingsworth (IN-09) have introduced the VAWA Protections for Rural Women Act of 2019, that will add the Rural Housing Voucher program to the list of covered housing programs under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Ann Wagner (R-MO-02), the Vice Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, joined Representatives Lois Frankel (D-FL-21), David Cicilline (D-RI-01), and Susan Wild (D-PA-07) in introducing a resolution condemning Saudi Arabia's continued jailing and alleged abuse of women's rights activists.
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO-02) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 507, the Put Trafficking Victims First Act, legislation she introduced with Congresswoman Karen Bass (D-CA-37).
WASHINGTON - Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO-02) released the following statement after President Donald J. Trump's State of the Union Address:
WASHINGTON - Today, Representative Ann Wagner (R-Mo.) announced the re-introduction of the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, legislation designed to ensure any infant born alive after an abortion receives the same protection of law as any newborn: mandating care and instituting penalties for doctors who allow such infants to die or who intentionally kill a newborn.
WASHINGTON - Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO) joined with Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), author of the Debbie Smith Act, to introduce the Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2019.
WASHINGTON - House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX-10) announced today that Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO-02) has been named Vice Ranking Member for the 116th Congress. The Committee considers legislation affecting United States relations with foreign nations, and the international diplomatic community.
WASHINGTON - Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO-02) released the following statement after the House passed her bipartisan legislation, the Fight Illicit Networks and Detect (FIND) Trafficking Act of 2019 (H.R. 502).