[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 51 (Thursday, March 26, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H2091]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      THE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH RATE

  (Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN. Mr. Speaker, I haven't been in this office very 
long, but it doesn't take long to pick up certain patterns of my 
Republican colleagues. They find a way to hamstring immigration reform 
or prevent women from getting the right to choose at every possible 
opportunity. In the case of the SGR fix, a very important bill that I 
am proud to have also voted for, Republicans have chosen the latter.
  At the risk of pointing out the obvious, Mr. Speaker, this is 2015. 
We can talk to our TV remotes. We have phones that show us in 3-D the 
nearest restaurants, and printers that print prosthetic limbs.
  In 1973, Motorola gave us the world's first mobile phone. But 1973 
was also the last time there was any question of whether or not a woman 
had the right to make her own decisions about her health, according to 
the U.S. Supreme Court.
  I am not the youngest Member of Congress, but I am one of the newest. 
So I would like to take this opportunity to invite my Republican 
colleagues to join me in the 21st century. Moving forward, I urge my 
colleagues to stop waging war on women's right to make their own 
choices.

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