[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 214 (Thursday, December 18, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H6096]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      ABORTION CARE IS HEALTHCARE

  (Ms. PRESSLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. PRESSLEY. Mr. Speaker, the wealth of our Nation is the health of 
our people. Yet Republicans are doing everything in their power to make 
families sicker.
  They want to deny children food, ban abortion care, and obstruct the 
extension of the Affordable Care Act subsidies. This is dire for folks 
in my district where, in a 3-mile radius, life expectancy drops by 30 
years.
  For my constituent, Paula, whose husband lost his job and became ill, 
the ACA has been their lifeline, carrying them through years of 
uncertainty as she became his caregiver.
  This is a healthcare crisis that Republicans created, and it is 
intersectional.
  Abortion care is healthcare.
  Once again, the Republicans are using abortion care as a political 
bargaining chip. The truth: Republicans will send premiums sky high 
just to stop families from using their own money on a plan that covers 
abortion.
  They are not just putting healthcare out of reach for millions; they 
are further restricting reproductive care. The shame and the sham of it 
all.
  Mr. Speaker, we have the votes to extend these subsidies and save 
healthcare for our constituents. The House must vote on it now.

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