Written by: Mattie Kahn, Elle Magazine The statistics aren't good. According to recent estimates, women make up just under 20 percent of Congress and less than 25 percent of all state legislatures. Only six of our nation's governors are women. But we are 51 percent of the population. And the research shows that when women participate in government, we make it run better, more… Read more »

WPTV - WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - This is the first week members of Congress are home since voting on the Republican plan for repealing and replacing Obamacare health insurance.  The House of Representatives voted on the new measure last Thursday. After it passed, the Republicans joined President Trump on the White House lawn for Victory Celebration.  None of the Democrats in… Read more »

Written by: Charles Elmore, Palm Beach Post House Speaker Paul Ryan on Monday promoted “choice and competition” he said will be strengthened by the GOP House overhaul of Obamacare, but a West Palm Beach congresswoman warned of deadly consequences for people needing help from opioid addiction, mental illness and pre-existing health conditions. “The problem is the states are not going… Read more »

Written by Maggie Mallon, Glamour Magazine Congresswoman Lois Frankel (D–Fla.) realizes there's a major partisan divide in Congress right now, but as the cochair of the Bipartisan Congressional Women’s Caucus, she wants the public to know things aren’t as bad as they could be. “It’s not as though we’re in committee or on the floor in the House with boxing gloves out, hitting each… Read more »

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Written by: Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel Just back from a trip to Japan and South Korea, Congresswoman Lois Frankel said Tuesday there is no ideal solution for dealing with North Korea’s nuclear weapons program. It’s clear to her that that diplomacy — and not military action — is the path to avoiding an attack by North Korea that could result in widespread death and… Read more »

WASHINGTON - Two female Marines came to Capitol Hill Wednesday to share their stories of being victimized by fellow service members in a nude photo-sharing scandal in the U.S. Marine Corps. A small room in the Capitol complex was packed as the women told 15 lawmakers about the embarrassment they felt when they found private pictures of themselves shared in an online group of 30,000… Read more »

The culture of misogyny in the U.S. Marine Corps that spawned the type of behavior exposed in the Marines United Facebook page traces back to boot camp, where women learn to put up with sexual harassment from their supposed brothers in arms, a former Marine veteran said Wednesday. “We’re taught to go with the flow and accept the culture as is, or else we face repercussions,” Erika Butner… Read more »

"There should be no room in our society for any type of religious bigotry." - Rep. Lois Frankel (FL-21) Read more »

House Democratic women plan to stage a symbolic walkout from the House floor Wednesday afternoon in a show of solidarity with the “Day Without a Woman” strike. Rep. Lois Frankel (D-Fla.), chairwoman of the Democratic Women’s Working Group, said that female lawmakers expect to deliver speeches on the House floor in support of the strike, then walk out shortly after the chamber… Read more »