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Politics: President Jimmy Carter Newsletter for Sunday June 04, 2023 ( 2 items )  

Norton, Bowman Introduce Resolution Calling on the Senate to Ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
WASHINGTON, May 31 (Rep.) -- Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., issued the following news release: Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Congressman Jamaal Bowman, Ed.D (D-NY), along with four original cosponsors, introduced a resolution calling on the Senate to ratify the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. The Convention establishes an agenda for national action to end discrimination against women and ensure the advancement of women in poli  more

Reed Statement on Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter's Dementia Diagnosis
WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following statement on May 30, 2023: * * * After the Carter Center announced that former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, 95, the wife of former President Jimmy Carter and a longtime advocate for expanded access to mental health care, has dementia, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) issued the following statement. "A dementia diagnosis can be heartbreaking, but the more people know and talk about the condition, the more we can reduce the   more