Saturday, February 13, 2010

California Progress Report Evans, Torres Say Governor Throwing Women Out of the Lifeboat First

California Progress Report:

"By Assemblymembers Noreen Evans and Norma Torres

SACRAMENTO – In this Democratic weekly address, Assembly Budget Chair Noreen Evans (D-Santa Rosa) and Assemblymember Norma Torres (D-Pamona) discuss the impact of the Governor’s actions that made 100,000 women ineligible for breast cancer screening under the Every Woman Counts program. They discuss findings that this will lead to a substantial increase in later-stage breast cancer cases in low and middle-income women and drive up costs to the state.


Click onto the following link for the English language MP3 file. The running time is 2:24.
Click onto the following link for the Spanish language MP3 file. The running time is 3:27.
Website of Assemblymember Noreen Evans: www.asm.ca.gov/evans
Website of Assemblymember Norma Torres: www.asm.ca.gov/torres
Transcript: