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Congressman LaTourette (R-OH) Admonishes His Party for Playing Politics with Child Marriage

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Uploaded by on Dec 17, 2010

In an act that Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) said "brought shame to Capitol Hill" last night, the House Republican leadership banded together at the last minute, and on purely specious grounds, to defeat a piece of legislation six years in the making aimed at preventing child marriage worldwide. Congressman LaTourette (R-OH) admonished his party's leadership for voting down a perfectly reasonable bill that could have helped girls achieve a future they want. Read more: http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2010/12/17/shameful-republicans-kill-bill-...

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  • Amen brother. I get that the game of politics has to be played, but sometimes this just gets embarassing. I'm republican, but damn. They better step up and lead the country rather than continuing with this kind of crap or they're gonna lose a lot of support.

  • He's right !!

  • It's sad that because he is not marching lock step with the Republican Party, he has to put a qualifier "I’m a Republican, I'm glad we beat their butts in the election" or they would turn on him for having a different opinion.

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