[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6626]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         VOTE ``NO'' ON H.R. 3

  (Ms. BASS of California asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. BASS of California. Madam Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to 
H.R. 3, which the House will vote on later today.
  After voting last month to end Medicare, as we know it, for seniors, 
today the majority is attacking women's reproductive freedom. For the 
last 3 months, we have watched as the majority party has consistently 
attacked the right of women to receive comprehensive health care, and 
today is no different.
  H.R. 3 has outrageous provisions that would end comprehensive private 
health insurance coverage and reduce women's access to abortion care in 
many ways. H.R. 3 manipulates the Tax Code to restrict access to 
comprehensive care. The bill raises taxes on individuals and small 
businesses with insurance plans that cover abortion, forcing them to 
drop their health insurance plan.
  H.R. 3 is an unprecedented attempt to deny access to full 
reproductive care. I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on this radical 
antichoice bill.

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