[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 149 (Thursday, September 15, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H7869]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 DERAILING THE FREIGHT INDUSTRY STRIKE

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I first want to indicate my 
appreciation to President Biden and Secretary Walsh, for, yes, diving 
in and stopping a union worker/freight industry collision and 
understanding the importance of providing benefits to our hard workers.
  Yesterday, at the Teamsters, I indicated how important it is that 
workers have benefits, and the ability to go to the doctor. That is the 
fight that we must continue. I am glad it has been derailed, but we 
need to continue to fight to get a permanent solution for our workers.
  I rise today as well, Mr. Speaker, to introduce and acknowledge the 
SHIELD Act, to shield doctors and nurses and other reproductive 
healthcare providers from harassment, litigation, and draconian laws. I 
ask my colleagues to join me in supporting this legislation that would 
protect pregnant people and the medical personnel who provide 
reproductive healthcare services to them and will prevent interference, 
restriction, and retaliation against doctors, nurses, nurse midwives, 
nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and others who evaluate, 
diagnose, advise, treat, or provide other services in order to protect 
them, to give healthcare, and to stop women from standing outside the 
door of doctors' offices and not getting care. I ask my colleagues to 
support the SHIELD Act.

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