[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14963]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     MAJORITY CR AND WOMEN'S HEALTH

  (Mrs. DAVIS of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. DAVIS of California. Mr. Speaker, not only has the majority 
chosen to shut down vital government functions that all Americans 
depend on, but they have specifically and unabashedly targeted women.
  Some of my colleagues are willing to gamble with the livelihoods of 
millions of public servants simply to ensure that women do not have 
access to affordable contraception and preventative health care. They 
are willing to sabotage our government to prevent prenatal checkups and 
cancer screenings. They would risk our economic recovery to make sure 
that women will pay more for health care than men.
  The government shutdown has already taken a toll on women and 
children by slashing funding for vital nutritional and clinical 
services. We cannot allow this shutdown to be used to strip away all of 
the gains the ACA made for women's health. Do they really want 
pregnancy to be a preexisting condition again? And are they willing to 
shut the place down to stop women from being able to pay for health 
care?
  Enough, Mr. Speaker. Bring on a clean funding bill, open the 
government, and let it pass for all of our sakes.

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