[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 149 (Thursday, September 15, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H7868]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          WE MUST ENSHRINE THE FREEDOMS ROE V. WADE PROTECTED

  (Mr. MALINOWSKI asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. MALINOWSKI. Mr. Speaker, when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. 
Wade, Republicans swore up and down that all they wanted was for the 
States to decide.
  But this week, in this Congress, they introduced a national criminal 
ban on abortion, saying this is what we stand for, this is what we will 
do if our party takes the House and Senate.
  Their bill is designed for one purpose and will have one effect: to 
shred protections women still enjoy in States like New Jersey, where we 
codified Roe v. Wade this year.
  Let me tell you where the overwhelming majority of folks in New 
Jersey stand. We know abortion is a painful and personal issue for many 
families. That is precisely why we want and trust women to decide, not 
the government. The issue is complicated. Who decides is not.
  That is why I will do everything in my power to prevent Congress from 
imposing on New Jersey laws that treat women and doctors as criminals 
and why we must enshrine the freedoms Roe v. Wade protected in the law 
of our land once and for all.

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