ms. moore: mr. speaker, to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentlelady seek unanimous consent? ms. moore: i do, sir. i ask unanimous consent. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. moore: thank you so very, very much, mr. speaker, for recognizing me. i was so happy this week when i learned from our presidential candidate, mitt romney, that the republicans are now prepared to realize that women are very important and part of the economy. that is why i'm wondering why romney has embraced the republican budget which would fix medicare by cutting out $30 billion in 10 years, when 56% of all medicare beneficiaries are women and the oldest of the old, 85 and older are 70% are women. medicaid, 2/3 of medicaid recipients who are adults are women. and of the snap program, formerly known as food stamps, cut of $134 billion of the adult recipients, 2/3 of them are women. in an environment where he claims that 92%, 93% of all job losses have occurred a

ms. moore, excuse me. ms. moore: thank you, mr. speaker. i come humbly to the well today under the epluribus unum to humbly ask there be swift bipartisan action in re-authorizing the violence against women's act. vawa's authorization of course lapsed at thend of the last fiscal year, september 30, 2011, and unfortunately for every day that passes by, women pay the price. the annual national citizens of domestic violence serves as a daily snapshot taken every year by the national network to end domestic violence found that in one 24-hour period in the united states, over 67,000 victims were served through emergency shelters, transitional housing, counseling, and more. 22,000 hotline phone calls were answered, and over 26,000 people participated in domestic violence prevention and education, training. . but for all these people served, unfortunately in the same 24-hour period, there are nearly 11,000 unmet request for services because these programs neither have the resources to help these victims nor the authorizations based on best practice

al green of texas, ms. moore, ms. clark of new york, ms. edwards, ms. fudge, ms. bass of california mrks sewell, ms. norton, and ms. christian -- ms. christianson. -- ms. christiansen. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady rise? ms. foxx: i send to the desk a report from the committee on rules for filing under the rule. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title. the clerk: report providing for consideration of the bill h.r. 2049 to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing and shooting and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the house calendar and ordered printed. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from north carolina seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. the gentleman is correct, the house is not in order. members will clear the well. ms. foxx: mr. speaker, i rise today to congratulate an outstanding young man from

. >> we'll go to george mason in a minute, but libby moore from the washington center is first up. libby? >> hi, ms. brown. thank you for being with us today. my question, i was reading an interview between you and campaigns and elections from december of 2011. and it was said that the cpd seemed resistant to incorporating social media into the debates. seeing as social media seems to be here to stay, is it inevitable that will be need be incorporated? >> that's a good question, and here are my thoughts on social media. there are obviously a lot of good things about technology that we should incorporate in terms of always modernizing the debates. anything that allows for more information to get out about the conversation that the debates foster and equally importantly engaging people in discussing that is a very good thing. but social media is a delivery system just like telephone and fax and lots of other innovations. the question is, how do you harness it to make it a productive aspect as a debate? how do you use it to bring in information or feelings from citizens, feedback to the candidates, th