By Hannah Ng and Steve Lance
The Moms for America Action group has released its first-ever Congressional Ratings âReport Cardâ that grades all 535 Members of Congress on critical issues facing mothers in America.
The Moms for America Action Report Card examined 20 votes taken by the 116th Congress and ranked U.S. Senators based on 10 key votes on various matters including mask mandates, critical race theory, the Second Amendment, and more, according to its Sept. 9 press release.
âOur Report Card pulled no punches ⊠Our 2022 Report Card finds both political parties lacking the will to take necessary steps to protect the interests of Americaâs moms. We commend the members of congress who received an A on our Moms for America report card. They are putting moms and their families first as they vote to preserve our liberties,â the group stated.
Matters of Concern
At the heart of the concerns for American mothers is the economy, according to Kimberly Fletcher, founder and president of an organization connecting a network of over 500,000 moms across America.
âIt started out with the baby formula when moms couldnât get baby formula,â Fletcher told the âCapitol Reportâ program on NTD News, the sister media of The Epoch Times, at a press conference announcing the report in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 14.
She called it a big issue as âright now they [moms] are having to decide between a gallon of gas and a gallon of milk.â
âSo that is very close to them, very personal,â she added.
Key issues also include comprehensive sex education, critical race theory, transgender ideologies, gender confusion, according to Fletcher.
âBorder security was actually an issue with several moms and the right to protect ourselves, especially when theyâre defunding the police,â she added.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) who received an A scoreâthe best grade on the group cardâshared Fletcherâs view.
âCrime is out of control, the border is wide open, and families are under attack,â Greene told NTD.
âAny policy that is hurting children is just bad for the future of our country. This is why itâs so important to moms,â she added, pointing to her concerns about education.
âWe care about our childrenâs education. We want to keep the woke teachers unions out, we donât want them in charge of curriculum, we want parents in charge of it,â she said.
âWe donât want parents kicked out of school board meetings. We want parents running school board meetings. We donât want children targeted with sexualization and transgender ideology. They need to leave kids alone,â Greene added.
In relation to the transgender issue, Fletcher said that moms need to prepare their children for radical agendas.
âItâs everywhere. You canât opt out anymore ⊠So we have to prepare them for when theyâre facing it,â she said.
No Partisan Issue
In Fletcherâs opinion, these issues are not partisan ones.
âSo across the board, if youâre a mom whoâs struggling to put food on the table or gas in the car, then that affects you. It doesnât matter what political persuasion you are, this is crossing all barriers, because thatâs what motherhood does,â she opined.
âTheyâre gonna stand up and theyâre gonna fight for those parental rights,â she said.
âWhen it comes to the economy, theyâre starting to stand up and speak out and say, âis not okay whatâs happening to gas prices,ââ she added.
Greene chimed in, saying that Democrat constituents who are businessmen in her district are upset about these issues as well.
âThe supply chain problems have hurt their businesses the same as they have hurt Republican business owners. They also donât like inflation thatâs out of control. Everyoneâs paying the same prices at the grocery store. You donât get to show a certain voting card and get a discount,â she opined.
Voting
In the lawmakerâs opinion, the current situation might swing the voting of those affected Democrats.
âI think there should be a change coming up in this next election because no one is safe from these radical policies that are really America-last and destroying our country,â Greene said.
Meanwhile, Fletcher called for voters to check the rating report cards to make decisions in the leadup to the midterm elections.
âYou can go to our mom vote platform and find out who these candidates are, how they vote, where they stand on the issues that matter to you,â Fletcher said.
âYour vote is your voice for your values. And if youâre not voting, your voice isnât heard, your values arenât represented and weâre going to keep getting more of the same problems.â