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Download official House Record PDFReturn to issue contextMs. BALINT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
Ms. BALINT. Mr. Speaker, at the Oval Office yesterday, Dr. Oz said that one in three Americans are under-babied.
First of all, that is not a thing. What are you even talking about, Dr. Oz?
think they can afford to have a family right now. They are working longer hours for flat wages while the cost of housing is crushing them.
outrageous rents, and can't imagine adding childcare to their list of expenses.
Dr. Oz, Americans are overworked. They are underpaid. They are struggling to get by while you, among the rich and powerful, stand and lecture them in a gold-plated room among other people who are clearly and totally out of touch with the American people.
Medicaid, drives up costs for working people and then act shocked because people say they can't afford to have kids.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Harris of North Carolina). Members are reminded to direct their remarks to the Chair.