[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 10415-10416]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              STANDING UP FOR WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE CHOICES

  (Mr. VEASEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. VEASEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to thank Texas State Senator 
Wendy Davis from my home town of Fort Worth, Texas, for leading a 
marathon filibuster in standing up for

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women and women's rights. For too long, we have seen the health care 
choices of women taken over by male politicians who are more concerned 
with furthering an ideology than advancing women's health. Instead of 
listening to women, male dominance over women's health care decisions 
has drowned out the most important voice of all--the women who face 
their own reproductive health care choices.
  I believe reproductive choices are deeply personal in nature and 
should rest with the woman. I believe we should promote education, 
counseling, and provide women with the support services they need, not 
restrict their medical choices.
  Thank you, Senator Wendy Davis, who stood up for Texas women across 
the State. The voices of women were heard all over the country in this 
debate last night in the Texas Legislature, and Senator Davis fought 
hard and fought back against any efforts to greatly reduce and restrict 
women's health care. And she won.
  Thank you, Senator Davis, for your courageous fight and well-deserved 
victory. Our fight to protect women's health care is not over, and I 
look forward to fighting with you, a strong Texas woman.

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