[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 188 (Monday, December 5, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H8735]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              CONGRESS MUST PASS THE MOMNIBUS IMMEDIATELY

  (Ms. UNDERWOOD asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. UNDERWOOD. In October, new data showed how maternal health 
outcomes worsened during the pandemic. The number of maternal deaths in 
2021 was nearly 80 percent higher than in 2018, with Black and Hispanic 
Americans experiencing the largest increases.
  This is a crisis--and the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act is the 
solution to that crisis.
  The evidence-based investments in the momnibus will comprehensively 
address the drivers of maternal mortality, morbidity, and disparities.
  Recently, 140 Members of Congress signed on to a letter calling for 
key momnibus provisions to be included in an end-of-year package, and a 
new poll found that passing the momnibus is the number one legislative 
priority for voters for the end of the year, with a majority of support 
from Democrats, Independents, and Republicans.
  We must get this done. Congress must pass the momnibus immediately. 
Moms and families don't have any more time to wait.

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