Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition to the rule and the
underlying bill, H.R. 7, a dangerous attack on the right of women to
make their own decisions about their health and their bodies. On Saturday, I, too, joined the peaceful march in our Nation's
Capital with hundreds of thousands of women and men. Millions more
marched in Oregon, across the country, and around the world to demand
that our voices be heard. This legislation, one of the majority's first priorities under the
Trump administration, won't create jobs. It will create barriers to
reproductive health care for countless women. It will
disproportionately affect low-income women, young women, women of
color, women in rural communities, and immigrant women. This bill turns
back the clock. It puts women's lives at risk.
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