congresswoman, gwen moore shares an intensely personal story of being raped. violence against women is as american as apple pie. domestic violence has been a thread throughout my personal life up to and including being a child repeatedly sexually assaulted, up and to and including being an adult who has been raped. >> first, it looks like republicans are breaking out the big guns to try and end the nomination battle. former first couple, george and barbara bush, will formally announce their support tonight. senator marco rubio endorsed mitt romney last night. >> i am going to endorse mitt romney, the reason why is not only because he is going to be the republican nominee. he offers such a stark contrast to the president's record. >> e.j. deon is a columnist and perry bacon an editor for the msnbc contributor. good morning to both of you. e.j., i was watching the entire interview. you heard what he just said, i am behind him because he is going to win and he is better than president obama. is that a ringing endorsement? >> it is not a ringing endorsement. i thi

gwen moore join us. to the comments of one rush limbaugh in relation to that student?ng his right to free speech, i think he stepped clearly over the line and then doubled down to really change the subject. the subject is about women's health, contraception, and to put this in the realm of this distinguished woman and calling her names and saying we want a sexual life being posted online, it really changes the conversation. the conversation ought to be about preserving women's health. 30 years is an awful long time for women to be subject to pregnancy. women need contraception to be healthy. not only that, but contraception is used for many other health conditions that only women get such as the development of cysts, which miss fluke was testifying about in front of a panel that leader pelosi put together. even my 70-plus-year-old sister was prescribed birth control pills for a bleeding condition she had recently. it's absolutely outrageous. i hope the advertisers that sponsor rush limbaugh will consider pulling their support from him. >> it does seem incredible. becau

care and health care reform, my colleague from wisconsin, gwen moore. >> thank you so much, wasserman schultz. this is a very, very frightening day for me, i must say. and while sp so much for his si about reducing long-term debt i particularly as it relates to medicare seeks to balance our budget and our debt on the backs . this document here is an all ou chairman describe the need to end our cradle to grave welfare system. and to characterize this entitlement to welfare program is a first step in that. what this proposalentitlement, make entitlement a dirty word, and end aofor our seniors and f withdisabilities. and would provide a voucher that would continue to lose its valu. so that wealthier and healthier seniors would be those who were lowin come seniors would find themselves at sk cover. it would protect their profit in the health care industrstockhol and heap more shift, more and more of the cost onto seniors. this is a that this budget and the house republicans have made, to really, as santorum said it so well last night, to tear government out by its roots and throw it out a

someone else who would know quitn thbi care and health care reform, my colleague from wisconsin gwen moore. >> and thank you so much, representative wasserman schultz. this is a very, very frightening day for me, i must say, and while i respect chairman ryan so much for his sincerity about reducing long-term debt, i fear that, that his proposal, where particularly as it relates to health care, seeks to put the debt on the backs of seniors. this document here is an all-right attack on the entitlement. we have heard our chairman describe the need to end our cradle to grave welfare system and to characterize this entitlement to medicare as a welfare program is the first step in that. what this proposal would do would be to end the entitlement, make entitlement a dirty word, and end a core set of benefits for our seniors and for people with disabilities. and would provide a voucher that would, would continue to lose its value over time. so that wealthier and healthier seniors would be protected, but that those who were low-income seniors would find themselves at risk of having very little cove

congresswoman gwen moore tells her rape story on the floor of the house.oor. what would the founding fathers say? >> as much as i love the founding fathers, i'm not going to pretend they are a model of civility. they accused each other of incests and trying to sell the crown to britain. so it's not like we have had big departure of the forum. make the points in the style you want. i don't see a big problem. >> jason? >> the first thing the founding fathers would have said is how did this woman and black guy get in here. the founding fathers were not particularly progressive on women's rights or african-americans since they weren't even citizens at the time. but the larmer issue is this. they envisioned a congress that expressed the will and concern of the people. that's what these congress people are doing. if it takes a hoodie, that makes sense op our founding fathers believes in an active congress. >> pete? >> the founding fathers didn't actually think black folks were whole people. right? three fifths. so i think they would have been -- i mean my best i

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in an effort to bring up the reauthorization of the violence against women act, representative gwen moore democrat from wisconsin this afternoon recounted her experience of being sexuallymin abused as a child and raised as a younghe woman. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for five minutes. ms. moore: thank you, representative slaughter and thank you, mr. speaker. i urge my colleagues to vote no on the previous question to allow us to consider the violence against women act. you know, it is pathetic and it is disappointing that we, it's come to this, that we have to use a procedural shenanigans to talk about an initiative that has been a bipartisan initiative since 1994. the violence against women -- violence against women in this country is not levied against just democrats, but republicans as well. not blacks or whites or hispanics, but against native people as well, not just christians or muslims but jews and nonreligious people, atheists. not just rich people or poor people, but middle class people. and not just against heterosexual -- heterosexual women but homos