[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 61 (Tuesday, May 17, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: May 17, 1994]
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    IN SUPPORT OF REPRESENTATIVE PAT WILLIAMS' VERSION OF H.R. 3600

  (Mrs. UNSOELD asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. UNSOELD. Madam Speaker, I want to commend Subcommittee Chairman 
Pat Williams of the Committee on Education and Labor for his 
outstanding universal health care plan. It is based on a simple 
principle: Every person in this Nation has the right to decent and 
affordable health care. While some Americans have always had access to 
such care, others have not.
  It has been 3 years since the General Accounting Office [GAO] gave us 
the disturbing news that medical research was done mainly by men on men 
for men. This was compounded by reports that women received less 
aggressive treatment that men for heart disease and others serious 
illnesses. Since the release of that first GAO study, my Women's Caucus 
colleagues and I have been educating and advocating and fighting for 
equal attention to women's health.
  As our country moves toward a comprehensive health care system, we 
feel this is our best shot at guaranteeing that women's health--of 
which reproductive health is a significant part--is treated equal to 
men's. How can we do this?--By ensuring that women have direct access 
to ob/gyns without referral from a gate keeper; by demanding that 
comprehensive reproductive health services are covered as standard 
services; and by requiring that women are covered for regular 
mammograms and pap smears.
  In short, we can do this by passing the Williams bill. I hope you 
will join me in supporting this vital initiative to protect women's 
health and women's lives.

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