[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2383]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

  (Ms. WOOLSEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize International 
Women's Day and to highlight the needs of mothers around the world.
  Every minute somewhere in the world a woman dies in pregnancy or 
childbirth. Most of these deaths are preventable with targeted, cost-
effective interventions and increased access to maternal health care. I 
applaud President Obama's newly announced global health initiative and 
its focus on maternal health issues. These programs will make 
sustainable changes in the daily lives of women around the world.
  Now I call on my colleagues to take the next step and fully fund the 
initiative and the programs that are meeting the dire needs of women in 
need worldwide. We owe the women of the world no less.

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