[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 120 (Wednesday, July 17, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H5925-H5926]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         HEALTHCARE IS PERSONAL

  (Ms. HILL of California asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. HILL of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to give voice to 
what so many individuals and families in my community and across the 
country are feeling: deep anger at the threat of losing access to their 
healthcare.
  First, I have to condemn the developments in the Ninth Circuit case 
that state title X providers can no longer lawfully refer women for 
abortion services.
  Healthcare is personal. The conversations that take place between a 
woman and her doctor cannot be policed by Congress. These rules are 
damaging to

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providers and dangerous--possibly even deadly--to patients.
  What is worse is that it is not just reproductive care. This 
administration is using stacked courts to dismantle the healthcare 
system that gives coverage to millions of Americans, including 60,000 
individuals in my district, without even the vaguest plan to replace 
it.
  My colleagues and I are working every day to lower the cost of 
prescription drugs and to ensure that we have a healthcare system that 
works for everyone, while this administration tries to rip coverage 
way. As Members of Congress, we owe it to our communities to fight back 
against these rollbacks at every step, and we will.

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