[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4768]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HOBBY LOBBY

  (Ms. HANABUSA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. HANABUSA. Mr. Speaker, today, the United States Supreme Court, 
just down the street, heard the arguments for Hobby Lobby, Inc., a for-
profit corporation, which is refusing some or all contraceptive 
services in health plans offered to their employees.
  The issue here is whether the religious beliefs of a shareholder, the 
owner, can dictate what type of contraceptive services a health plan 
will offer.
  Note, this is not a religious institution or an employer like a 
church or a religious institution of any kind. It is a for-profit 
corporation.
  The issue here is also whether an employer can pick and choose what 
type of services female employees can avail themselves of; and 
remember--remember--women in childbearing age actually pay 68 percent 
more for their medical coverage now--68 percent more. That is just not 
fair.
  I hope the Supreme Court will reverse the Hobby Lobby decision and 
say that the Constitution and the laws of this great Nation support 
women.

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