A more accurate short title for this bill would be the "Violating the Rights of Women Act of 2015." Instead of resuming their annual War on Women. our colleagues across the aisle should be working with Democrats to build upon the "MiddleClass Economics" championed by the Obama Administration that have succeeded in ending the economic meltdown it inherited in 2009 and revived the economy to the point where today we have the highest rate of growth and lowest rate of unemployment since the boom years of the Clinton Administration. Madam Speaker. we could and should instead be voting to raise the minimum wage to at least $10.10 per hour so that people who work hard and play by the rules do not have to raise their families in poverty. Instead of voting to abridge the constitutional rights of women for the umpteenth time. we should bring to the floor for a first vote comprehensive immigration reform legislation or legislations repairing the harm to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by the Supreme Courts decision in Shelby County v. Holder. The one thing we should not be doing is debating irresponsible "messaging bills" that abridge the rights of women and have absolutely no chance of overriding a presidential veto.
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