October 30, 2013

On Wednesday, October 30, the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty (“the Law Center”) will honor Senator Al Franken (D-MN), Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D -WI), Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, and Judy Curtis for their work to end homelessness, at the 15th Annual McKinney-Vento Awards in Washington, D.C. Congresswoman Eddie Johnson (D-TX) and ABC7/WJLA-TV News reporter and Washington Business Report anchor Rebecca Cooper will hand out awards and emcee the event.

Senator Al Franken will receive the Stewart B. McKinney Award and Congresswoman Gwen Moore will receive the Bruce F. Vento Award for their work to enact the housing provisions of the 2013 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. Working with the Law Center and other allies, they protected domestic violence survivors from homelessness. These new provisions will make a difference in the lives of millions of vulnerable women and their children.

MILWAUKEE (WITI) — On Capitol Hill on Wednesday, October 30th, amid the uproar over health care, Milwaukee Congresswoman Gwen Moore wanted to return the focus to gun control — and the brother of one of the victims in the Azana Salon & Spa shooting was on hand.

“Keep the heat on Congress to do something. I can tell you we’ve got to do it at the federal level, because our patchwork of state laws fail to keep the country safe as a whole. If common sense were common, we’d have passed this background check legislation. I have legislation that we have finalized and I am ready to drop, too,” Rep. Moore said.

Rep. Moore is introducing a bill that would provide a way for law enforcement to take guns away from domestic violence threats once a restraining order is in place.