[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 117 (Thursday, August 2, 2012)]
[House]
[Pages H5634-H5635]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    OBAMA CARES AND YOU SHOULD, TOO

  (Ms. WILSON of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. WILSON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, Obama cares, and you should, too.
  ObamaCare provides access to much-needed contraceptives for women.
  First of all, it's my body, not yours. I alone bear the burden, pain, 
and joy that it brings. Please stop trying to regulate my reproductive 
organs. They belong to me.
  Have you ever had a menstrual period? Have you ever felt unbearable 
pain in every bone of your body during childbirth?
  Will you be there for a mother when she needs prenatal care, formula, 
diapers? Will you support the Head Start program? Will you focus on 
creating good public schools again? Will you reform foster care and 
stop greasing the prison pipeline with unwanted children?
  There are grandmothers living in trailer parks and public housing, 
singlehandedly raising millions of grandchildren. Where are you when 
Grandmother is trying to feed Jerome, Shaquita, Pedro, Heather, and 
John?
  The only time I see you is on the floor of the House trying to take 
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Grandma's Social Security and attacking her Medicare and food stamps.
  Grandma doesn't have a car so she has no ID so she can't vote.
  For some reason, you care about a baby right up until the minute it 
is born into the world, and then you disappear and desert the children 
you claim to protect and love. Shame on you.
  Stop the cradle-to-grave neglect and abuse. Let's create jobs, jobs, 
jobs for the American people. Obama cares, and so should you.


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to heed the gavel.

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