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 Listen
to
Senator
Williams speak at a rally at the
Pennsylvania Capitol on May 5,
2008, on the issue of the
Marriage Protection Amendment.
Listen
to
Senator
Williams speak about
Pennsylvania Assistive
Technology Foundation, which
helps Pennsylvanians of all
income levels obtain the
technology they need to enjoy a
better quality of life.
Listen
to
Senator
Williams speak about LIHEAP, the
Low Income Home Energy
Assistance Program, which
provides crisis grants for
heating emergencies and cash
grants to help families pay for
their home heating bills.
Listen
to
Senator
Williams speak about her
legislative proposal to provide
a sales tax holiday on the sale
of energy efficient appliances.
The tax holiday also would apply
to some energy-saving building
materials. The bill was introduced as part
of the Special Session on
Energy.
Listen
to
Senator
Williams speak about a new law
that protects a woman's freedom
to breastfeed her baby in a
public or private location where
she is otherwise permitted to
be. The Governor signed the
legislation (H.B. 34), which
became Act 29 of 2007.
Listen
to
Senator
Williams as she talks at a
Capitol news conference about
legislation that she introduced
that would require public
secondary schools to report
athletic opportunities for boys
and girls.
Listen
to
Senator
Williams as she gained support
for recognizing the month of May
2007 as Macular Degeneration
Month in Pennsylvania.
Listen
to
Senator
Williams as she speaks out at a
Mother's Day Rally in Harrisburg
in support of a woman's freedom
to choose to breastfeed her baby
in public locations.
Listen
to
Senator
Williams as she talks about
giving Pennsylvanians a stronger
voice in choosing the president
by moving Pennsylvania's primary
election date to Feb. 5th in
2008.
Watch
Senator
Williams speak at a Capitol news
conference about her legislation
that would ensure automated
calls and public advocacy calls
on issues carry information on
who paid for them.
Listen
to Senator Williams at the news
conference.
Listen
to Senator
Williams, Democratic Chair of
the Senate Communications and
Technology Committee, speak about
bio-science and its impact on
Pennsylvania's economy.
Listen
to Senator
Williams speak about her
legislation to require all
school districts to adopt
student bullying and
intimidation prevention plans.
Listen
to Senator
Williams speak about Governor Ed
Rendell's Inauguration and
optimism for the coming four
year term.
Listen
to Senator
Williams speak about open
government, which she says is an
obligation, not a legislative
choice.
Listen
to Senator
Williams speak about how
technology in health care will
benefit Pennsylvanians and the
expanded role it will play in
making health care more
available to every Pennsylvanian
in the future.
Listen
to Senator
Williams' request for your help
in ending student bullying in
school.
Listen
to Senator
Williams speak about funding in
the state budget for libraries
and the importance of libraries
to the community.
Listen
to Senator
Williams speak about her
appointment to a Senate select
committee tasked with revisiting
and making recommendations on
how the state invests its
national tobacco settlement
funds.
Listen
to Senator
Williams speak about her
legislation that would require
all public schools to adopt
bully and student intimidation
prevention programs.
Listen
to Senator
Williams speak during a Senate
Policy Committee informational
briefing about the issue of
hospital closures.
Listen
to Senator
Williams speak during a Capitol
rally on the topic of equal pay
for women and men, and the
importance of raising the
state's minimum wage.
Listen
to Senator
Williams speak about
the
need for schools to have student
bullying and intimidation
prevention programs in place.
Williams has offered legislation
(SB 1013) that would require
school districts to implement
such programs.
Listen
to Senator
Williams speak about
the
importance of protecting the
environment.
Listen
to Senator
Williams speak about
funding
for Pennsylvania's community
colleges.
Listen
to Senator
Williams speak about a
resolution that she introduced
to draw attention to Long QT
Syndrome, an inherited cardiac
disorder in which the heart
muscle takes an abnormally long
time to recharge between
heartbeats resulting in an
electrical disturbance in an
otherwise normally structured
heart. If left untreated or
undiagnosed, it can result in
fainting or sudden death. If it
can be detected, it can be
treated and lives saved.
Listen
to Senator
Williams speak about a new
consumer protection against
identity theft, which would
require companies, organizations
and government entities that own
or store personal data to tell
customers if their personal
information has been stolen (S.B.
712/Act 94 of 2005).
Listen
to Senator
Williams speak about her
legislation (S.B. 770) that
would save taxpayer money by
allowing the Commonwealth and
its agencies to use an
electronic postmark.
Listen
to Senator
Williams speak about new
legislation to protect rape
victims. The C.A.R.E. act would
ensure all women are offered the
services of a rape advocate and
a full regimen of emergency
contraception in the emergency
room upon request.
Listen
to Senator
Williams speak about efforts to
bring more federal funds to
Pennsylvania for women's health
services.
Listen
to Senator
Williams speak about Domestic
Violence Awareness month and the
free event that she will host in
the district on Oct. 20th -- a
screening and panel discussion
of the movie An Empty Place
At The Table.
Listen
to Senator
Williams speak about her
resolution declaring Let Freedom
Ring Day in Pennsylvania -- July
4, 2005.
Listen
to Senator
Williams speak about the
need for HIV testing for at-risk
populations. Williams sponsored
a resolution recognizing
National HIV Testing Day in
Pennsylvania.
Listen
to Senator
Williams speak about the
life-sciences and bio-technology
industries in Pennsylvania and
its future.
(This Capitol Connection radio
show runs just over 4 minutes.)
Listen
to Senator
Williams speak about legislation
that she is sponsoring that
would prohibit child-care
facilities from having reptiles
or rodents because of the
diseases that they can carry.
Listen
to Senator
Williams speak about how voters
can help to create
Pennsylvania's environment of
the future by considering a
ballot question in the 2005
Primary to authorize a $625
million bond issue for Growing
Greener II.
Listen
to Senator
Williams speak about the future
of high-tech education in the
Commonwealth.
Listen
to Senator
Williams speak about the
importance of taking control of
your future health care
decisions through a Living Will.
Listen
to Senator
Williams speak about the
legislature's plans to help
emergency services.
Listen
to Senator
Williams speak about the
deadline for homeowners to
return their Homestead Exemption
applications.
Listen
to Senator
Williams' reaction to the
Governor's 2005-06 Budget
address.
Listen
to Senator
Williams speak about
Go Red for Women Day and
educating women about their
number one killer --
cardiovascular disease.
Listen
to Senator
Williams speak about
Growing Greener II and the
Governor's Green Ribbon
Commission.
Listen
to Senator
Williams speak about
keeping mass transit running at
full strength and with
reasonable fares.
Listen
to Senator
Williams speak about
a new law that she authored that
would protect victims of
domestic violence and their
children.
Listen
to Senator
Williams speak about
Pennsylvania's Electoral
College. Williams served as Vice
President of the college for
2004, during proceedings that
took place Dec. 13, 2004.
Listen
to Senator
Williams speak about
opportunities and careers
available in the biotechnology
field. Remarks were made during
Biotechnology/Life Sciences Day
2004 in the Capitol.
Listen
to Senator
Williams speak about legislation
she sponsored to protect victims
of domestic violence, and their
children.
Listen
to Senator
Williams speak about the
governor's Green Ribbon
Commission on the environment.
Williams is a member of the
commission.
Listen
to Senator
Williams as she offers a Senate
Resolution to declare October
2004 as Breast Cancer Awareness
Month in Pennsylvania.
Listen
to Senator
Williams speak about town
meetings she is hosting on Oct.
7th and Oct. 14th to talk about
the state's new tax reform law.
Listen
to Senator
Williams speak about the 40th
anniversary of the Women Infants
and Children (WIC) program,
which provides healthy
supplemental foods and a range
of nutrition services to
pregnant women, infants and
children under 5.
Listen
to Senator
Williams speak about her
legislation that would ban the
sale of semi-automatic assault
weapons to non-military in
Pennsylvania.
Listen
to
Senator Williams speak about
her resolution declaring Let
Freedom Ring Day on July 4th.
Pennsylvanians are asked to ring
a bell 13 times at 2 p.m. to
observe the meaning and spirit
of Independence Day.
Listen
to
Senator Williams speak about
her legislation that would
provide a sales tax holiday on
the purchase of energy efficient
appliances, saving people money
on their energy bills.
Listen
to
Senator Williams speak about
funding issues surrounding
Approved Private Schools and how
she is working to ensure the
schools are available for
students for years to come.
Listen
to
Senator Williams speak about
state budget negotiations and
her efforts to increase state
support for public libraries.
Listen
to
Senator Williams speak about her
proposal to reform the election
code by ensuring that
disclaimers are placed on
automated calls and electronic
mail.
Listen
to Senator Williams speak about
what the state is doing to make
information on PSSA tests more
accessible to parents.
Listen
to Senator Williams speak about
free gun locks available through
her district offices. Stop by
and pick one up.
Listen
to Senator Williams speak about
a new law that will help
emergency services locate people
calling for help from a cellular
phone.
Listen
to Senator Williams speak about
a proposal to reduce double
taxation of businesses through
the reduction of the Capital
Stock and Franchise Tax.
Listen
to
Senator Williams speak about a
new law that will help more
seniors afford their
prescription medications.
Listen
to Senator Williams speak about a new bill that will allow 911 centers
to quickly locate cell phone users.
Listen
to Senator Williams speak about the dangers of drinking and driving.
Listen
to Senator Williams speak about legislation that would allow people to
protect their identity.
Listen
to Senator Williams speak about significant funding that recently was
awarded to two victim service programs in Montgomery County.
Listen
to Senator Williams speak about her legislation that would be a
short-cut to capping non-economic damages in medical malpractice
cases.
Listen
to Senator Williams at a rally discuss her legislation that would cap
non-economic damages for medical malpractice cases only.
Listen
to Senator Williams at the
Valley Forge Convention Center address an audience of over 1,000 doctors concerning the medical malpractice
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