[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 38 (Wednesday, March 2, 2022)]
[House]
[Pages H1218-H1219]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        WOMEN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE

  (Mr. RYAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RYAN. Mr. Speaker, I am frustrated. We have heard a lot this week 
about cutting workers in on the deal and how we meet the challenges 
that this Nation is facing.
  Every piece of the game plan--whether it is helping take on China; 
how do we bring jobs back to places like Ohio; how do we increase union 
membership by making it easier to join a union; how do we bring down 
costs; and how do we cut taxes for workers in the midst of all of this 
inflation--every one of those bills has gone to the Senate and either 
died or is on life support.
  Here is one example of just how broken this is: Last year, we made 
history

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when we passed the Women's Health Protection Act--and not a moment too 
soon as Roe v. Wade hangs in the balance and States like Ohio race to 
pass new laws to ban abortion. This is a basic right, a matter of 
settled law. But this week the Senate blocked the vote--blocked it--and 
we didn't even get a vote.
  It is time to get rid of the filibuster and make sure that the bills 
we send here from the House actually get passed in the United States 
Senate.

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