[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 80 (Tuesday, May 12, 2026)]
[House]
[Page H3378]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     AMERICANS DON'T NEED LECTURES

  (Ms. BALINT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. BALINT. Mr. Speaker, at the Oval Office yesterday, Dr. Oz said 
that one in three Americans are under-babied.
  First of all, that is not a thing. What are you even talking about, 
Dr. Oz?
  If Americans are having fewer kids, maybe it is because people don't 
think they can afford to have a family right now. They are working 
longer hours for flat wages while the cost of housing is crushing them.
  Maybe it is because millions of Americans can't afford healthcare for 
themselves, let alone their kids.
  Maybe it is because people are drowning in student debt, paying 
outrageous rents, and can't imagine adding childcare to their list of 
expenses.
  Dr. Oz, Americans are overworked. They are underpaid. They are 
struggling to get by while you, among the rich and powerful, stand and 
lecture them in a gold-plated room among other people who are clearly 
and totally out of touch with the American people.
  You can't serve in an administration that cuts healthcare, attacks 
Medicaid, drives up costs for working people and then act shocked 
because people say they can't afford to have kids.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Harris of North Carolina). Members are 
reminded to direct their remarks to the Chair.

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