March 9, 2011

What a difference a year makes. Last year, I was at our state Capitol watching then-Gov. Jim Doyle sign the Healthy Youth Act, a much overdue law ensuring that Wisconsin youth get accurate and age-appropriate information in sex-ed classrooms.

Fast forward to today, when we are facing serious attacks on access to women’s health care at the state and federal level.

At the state level, I join the chorus of Wisconsinites outraged at the overreach of conservative politicians working to advance an extreme agenda in a Trojan horse barreling through a purported state of fiscal emergency.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to eliminate bargaining rights for public employees is “blatantly un-American” and “jeopardizes the viability of the people during these tough economic times,”  say Reps. Emanuel Cleaver  (D-Mo.) and Gwen Moore (D-Wis.).

In a letter to Walker, Cleaver, who chairs the Congressional Black Caucus, and Moore, who represents Milwaukee in Congress, say public servants deserve a seat at the table to help solve the state’s fiscal crisis. The letter says: