[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 36 (Tuesday, March 6, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H1165]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              WOMEN WAIT AS POLITICIANS DEBATE THEIR CARE

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas. Madam Speaker, I have a headline here this 
morning that indicates, ``Women Wait as Politicians Debate Their 
Care.''
  This is not a story about accusations or calling college coeds 
prostitutes and, if you will, sluts and other negative words. This is 
about women's access to health care, and I'm sad to even say those 
words, but we see them broadcast across America's Federal airwaves by 
talk show entertainers like Rush Limbaugh. This young woman's name is 
Kimberly Moore, who is caught in a conflict in the State of Texas with 
the Women's Health Program that is funded by Medicaid and the decision 
of the State of Texas to evict Planned Parenthood from caring for women 
like Kimberly, a single mother working part time, who can't afford 
health care.
  Between judges who want to accuse our President of dastardly things 
through jokes and the idea of keeping women away from access to health 
care, that should not resolve around their choice of contraceptives, 
but plain old health care, it's time for us to stand with the women of 
America and the decent people of America, to stand with this President, 
to stand with the idea of providing women health care, and to stand 
against those who are in States where they want to reject Planned 
Parenthood for simply giving health care access to women and to stand 
against divisive corrosive language.

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