{"id":26247,"date":"2019-04-23T07:04:24","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T11:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=26247"},"modified":"2019-04-23T07:07:31","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T11:07:31","slug":"moms-in-the-house-caucus-us-congresswomen-have-motherhood-in-common","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2019\/04\/moms-in-the-house-caucus-us-congresswomen-have-motherhood-in-common\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Moms in the House\u2019 caucus: US congresswomen have motherhood in common"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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 Tom Williams @pennstatetom<\/a>\/CQ Roll Call<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Nine women gathered for an early breakfast on a recent morning \u2013 fellow mothers and members of the House of Representatives, joined by FCC commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Rosenworcel, who was invited to talk about her experience as a working mom and the only female FCC commissioner, a defining encounter occurred during a business negotiation years ago, when a man said to her: \u201cIt must be so hard for you to do this job as a mom.\u201d (She was so infuriated, she says, \u201cI got everything I wanted out of that negotiation, and then some.\u201d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2018 election saw a historic influx of female lawmakers – and Representative\u00a0Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Florida), who came to Washington in 2005 as the mother of twin 5-year-olds and a 1-year-old, decided the time had come to launch what she calls the \u201cMoms in the House\u201d caucus. She invited the 25 mothers of school-age children in the house (21 Democrats and four Republicans) to join the group, the first of its kind in congressional history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Incidentally, Rep\u00a0Angie Craig (Minnesota),<\/a> is the first lesbian mother elected to congress.
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