[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 109 (Friday, June 28, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H4414]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   PROTECTING OUR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS

  (Ms. GARCIA of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. GARCIA of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on behalf of all the 
women who don't have the opportunity to stand here today.
  Since the Dobbs decision, Republicans have imposed draconian bans to 
endanger women for the sake of power. Their obsession is power: power 
over their wives, sisters, daughters, every woman in our country.
  Donald Trump, my Governor Greg Abbott, and their cronies seem to take 
joy in the harm they cause women, despite their oath to protect them.
  Calls to the National Domestic Violence hotline about rape or 
sabotaged birth control have nearly doubled. Doubled.
  The laws enacted by extreme MAGA lawmakers have increased domestic 
abuse, and they carry this stain on their hands.
  However, when Greg Abbott looks at these facts, it is like the porch 
light is on but nobody is home.
  Back home in Texas, we say: Don't mess with Texas.
  Mr. Speaker, I am here to tell Greg Abbott and Donald Trump: Don't 
mess with Texas women. This is why we will always put women over 
politics and healthcare over bans.

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