St. Louis - In a radio interview with Gina Loudon on KJSL Truth Talk 630 AM, Ed Martin perversely claimed that Russ Carnahan and Barack Obama would "take away" America's freedom to "find the Lord." Today, Russ Carnahan released the following statement in response to Ed Martin's outrageous accusation:

 

Russ Carnahan: Women in power translates to better democracies
By Bill Lambrecht
Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — Women had a big day in primaries Tuesday, defeating men in high-profile races in Arkansas, California and South Carolina.

But it’s far different in most of the world, where women occupy few seats in most parliaments and are shut out of power in dangerous places like Afghanistan.

“When women are empowered to engage in the political process, governments are more effective and responsive to their people and nations are more stable, peaceful and prosperous,” Rep. Russ Carnahan, D-St. Louis, said this afternoon.

Carnahan made his comments at a standing room only hearing of the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee he chairs called to examine ongoing problems around the world of women gaining political power.

Part of the hearing focused on Afghanistan. Carnahan observed that at a national meeting of Afghan leaders last week aimed at finding peace in that troubled land, women were few and none were among the main speakers.

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher of California, the ranking Republican on the panel, went so far as to say the extremist Taliban’s treatment of Afghan women “is equivalent to the Nazis in terms of women’s rights … We can’t turn a blind eye to the monstrous treatment of women around the world if we expect to move the world forward.”

Melanne Verveer, the U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues, said in her testimony that Obama administration is well aware of the plight of Afghan women. She said women there who do hold political office are targeted for attack and understand when they leave Kabul for their home provinces that they might not live to return.

“What happens to the women of Afghanistan is a predicter of what happens in the future,” she said.

http://interact.stltoday.com/blogzone/political-fix/political-fix/2010/06/russ-carnahan-women-in-power-translates-to-better-democracies/

 From KSDK.com

http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=203843


KSDK -- Missouri Congressman Russ Carnahan
joined a coalition of U.S. House members urging BP
to put more effort on ending the oil spill in the Gulf
of Mexico.

Carnahan, along with 47 other congressmen, wrote
a letter to BP CEO Tony Hayward, advising him to
remain focused on the recovery effort instead of BP's
marketing campaign and dividend payments until
the situation is remedied.

"BP must focus their attention on fixing the leak and
cleaning up this mess without passing on the
expense to taxpayers," Carnahan said. "We must
then strengthen regulation of the oil industry to
make sure this never happens again."

According to published reports, BP is spending tens
of millions of dollars in TV and newspaper ads
since the spill.

The coalition wrote the letter June 8 in response to
an announcement from BP earlier that day stating the
Missouri Congressman Russ Carnahan joined a
coalition of U.S. House members urging BP to put
more effort on ending the oil spill in the Gulf of
Mexico.

Congressman Carnahan discusses Iran's situation.

Congressman Russ Carnahan said today that the big bankruptcy today would lead to a "stronger, leaner Chrysler."