Congresswomen meet reporters on Capitol Hill, Feb. 24, 1993, to discuss the Violence Against Women Act. From left are: Sen. Joe Biden; Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.); Rep. Pat Schroeder (D-Colo); Sen. Barbara Boxer; and Rep. Constance Morella of Maryland. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma)

Rep. Lucille Royball-Allard, D-Calif. , left, unveils the Republican's "anti-family budget" during a Capitol Hill news conference Friday May 2, 1995, to discuss the federal budget . Joining Royball-Allard, from second from left are Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., and Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)

Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., left, looks on as Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty speaks at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007, during a news conference regarding Canadian-U.S. border rules. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

In this June 7, 2007, file photo Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y. speaks about the Prevention First Act, on the 42nd anniversary of Griswold v. Connecticut decision that guaranteed the right to birth control, at a National Press Club luncheon in Washington. Slaughter says the 2008 elections not only put President-elect Barack Obama in the White House but also increased the ranks of senators and representatives who share her opposition to funding abstinence education. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

House Rules Committee Chair Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., walks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 17, 2010, after leaving a meeting in the Speaker's office. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

House Rules Committee Chairwoman Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y. presides over a meeting of the committee to decide on the rules for the debate of the Health Care Reconciliation Bill on Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 25, 2010, in Washington. A window was damaged after a brick was thrown through a window at Slaughter's district office in Niagara Falls, N.Y., early Friday, March 19. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., watches at right as her Co-Chair of the Pro-Choice Caucus, Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 25, 2014, to discuss in the Supreme Court case on whether corporations have religious rights that exempt them from part of the law that requires coverage of birth control for employees. The case being argued at the Supreme Court on Tuesday involves family-owned companies that provide health insurance to their employees, but object to covering certain methods of birth control that they say can work after conception, in violation of their religious beliefs. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., right, accompanied by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and others, speaks during a news conference discussing women's health care, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Zach Gibson)