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Download official House Record PDFReturn to issue contextUnder the Speaker's announced policy of January 3, 2025, Ms. Morrison of Minnesota was recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader.)
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Ms. MORRISON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and submit extraneous material into the Record.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentlewoman from Minnesota?
There was no objection.
Supporting Ukraine
Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for the courtesy. Today, I rise sincerely to thank 218 House bipartisan colleagues for signing Discharge Petition No. 8 in order to force a vote here on the floor for a long-overdue vote on the Ukraine Support Act.
Liberty for Ukraine and for NATO hangs in the balance. For 12 years, Ukraine's people have valiantly endured Russia's savage war to eradicate Ukraine, its children, and Ukraine's very identity.
bipartisan petition represents strong support for Ukraine's defense of liberty.
Fitzpatrick, Kevin Kiley, Mike Quigley, and all those in the Ukraine Caucus who have fought so long and hard in our bipartisan support for Ukraine that transcends party lines.
whole of the Ukrainian nation, and freedom lovers around the world. Let us now pass this bill with dispatch before the end of next week.
Mr. Speaker, I include a summary of H.R. 2913.
H.R. 2913—Ukraine Support Act
summary
This bipartisan legislation enhances security assistance to
Ukraine while placing long overdue sanctions on Russia to
force Vladimir Putin to end the war on Ukraine.
ukraine security assistance
Extends Lend-Lease authority through 2028.
Authorizes up to $8 Billion in Foreign Military Financing
loans.
Extends Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative.
Supports Baltic Allies.
Establishes new mechanisms to support Ukraine's recovery.
Supports intelligence cooperation.
russia sanctions and export controls
If Russia continues waging war against Ukraine or refusing
to negotiate a peace agreement in good faith, requires the
President to sanction:
Russin financial institutions;
Russia's energy industry;
Constructors and maintainers of the Kerch Strait Bridge;
Russia's Shadow Fleet;
Facilitators of North Korea's participation in the invasion
of Ukraine;
All foreign persons involved in the kidnapping of Ukranian
children;
Imposes export licensing requirements on foreign-produced
items known to be destined for Russian military or industrial
activities, and to prevent US-origin drone technology from
being shared with Iran.
500 percent tariffs on Russia.
Vote yes on the Ukraine Support Act to pressure Russia to
end its invasion of Ukraine.
Ms. MORRISON. Mr. Speaker, this past Sunday, millions celebrated the work, love, and support mothers give to their children and families across the country.
Women's Health Week. This provides the opportunity to highlight women's health, reflect on the progress we have made and the ongoing research we need, and to commit to the continued advancement of access, quality, and affordability in women's healthcare.
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requires a strong collaboration between the many caregivers and entities that have built and continue the work of advancing women's healthcare.
obstetrician/gynecologists in their quest to provide the best evidence- based care to their patients over the past 75 years is the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Over its 75-year legacy, ACOG has never wavered from its foundational mission of advancing the quality and consistency of care for women through guidance, education, and professional collaboration.
based standards and develop opportunities for clinicians to continue their education.
opened doors for the organization to serve as a leading voice as the Nation experienced historic advances, like the FDA's approval of the birth control pill and the Griswold v. Connecticut decision that established the right to privacy and, therefore, the right to use contraception, which had been illegal in Connecticut and many other States prior to this decision in 1965.
ACOG continued its work standardizing prenatal and cancer screenings, introducing its own academic journal, and establishing the requirements to achieve high honors in the field of obstetrics and gynecology.
The landmark Roe v. Wade decision, as well as the establishment of the Title X program, which was the first Federal grant program in the United States dedicated to providing family planning and other preventive health services to low-income families, both elevated women's health further and supported ACOG's efforts to expand access to reproductive healthcare to all Americans, regardless of their ability to pay. They also amplified the importance of understanding the causes of maternal mortality and working to decrease it.
trusted programs that helped standardize evidence-based medicine, integrate cultural competency, and strengthen policy partnerships.
From the critical influence of the Doe v. Bolton decision, which was the companion case to Roe v. Wade in which the Supreme Court struck down burdensome procedural requirements that effectively made abortion completely inaccessible in Georgia, even if the patient's life or health were threatened, to the mobilization needed in the aftermath of the Dobbs decision in 2022, which overturned Roe.
across the lifespan for patients and providers alike. Both turn to ACOG for information about critical topics, ranging from contraception, cancer screening, STI screening and treatment, obstetric care, best surgical practices and advances, nutrition, abortion care, vaccines, menopause care, and everything in between.
championed work to understand and address the systemic issues vulnerable women and populations face.
Underserved Women and the recognition that health is deeply impacted by factors beyond biology and clinical care, ACOG was an early leader in establishing opportunities for communities' lived experiences to be heard and incorporated into our understanding of disparities and how to address them.
of systemic inequities and disproportionate burdens of maternal mortality in minority communities, ACOG continued its work of building robust and responsive clinical guidance and programming that centers respectful care and quality improvements.
and approval of the HPV vaccine, the Affordable Care Act, and historic investments in maternal death prevention efforts, ACOG has led and helped expand key collaborations and partnerships.
Ms. PETTERSEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Women's Health Week and the catastrophic impact Trump and Republicans have had on women's health in this country.
This week, the Trump administration launched moms.gov, another performative political stunt pretending to support moms, but the health and well-being of women and families has never been under greater threat than under this administration.
Our access to healthcare is being decimated with cuts to Medicaid and
the Dobbs decision across this country and, somehow, it might even get worse.
to eliminate access to mifepristone, an abortion pill that is utilized for 63 percent of abortions in the United States. This move will disproportionately impact women in poverty and women in rural communities who face significant barriers to being able to see a doctor.
medication, but access to this lifesaving drug now hangs in the balance before the Supreme Court. Any restrictions of this medication for miscarriages and abortions will be another devastating attack on our ability to make our own decisions about our health, our bodies, and our futures.
Let's be clear that this has nothing to do with science. It is about controlling women and taking away our access to reproductive healthcare and our ability to make our own decisions.
consistently put us last. As a woman, as a mom, and as an American, I am horrified. We cannot stand on the sidelines.
Ms. MORRISON. Mr. Speaker, I now yield to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Conaway).
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 75th anniversary of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, better known as ACOG.
improving the health and well-being of women, mothers, and families across the United States.
care in obstetrics and gynecology, advancing research, physician education, and evidence-based medicine.
through every stage of life—from birth to infancy, then to adolescence and adulthood, from pregnancy to menopause, and beyond.
trusted medical professionals play in keeping our communities healthy and informed. That role is certainly critical today as we see from this administration so many attacks, I would say, on the ability of families to have the information and to gain the information that they need to protect their health, the health of their families and communities at large.
tools, training, and guidance necessary to deliver the highest quality care to patients. Their work has helped to reduce maternal and infant mortality, improve prenatal care, expand access to preventive screenings, and advance women's health outcomes nationwide.
many families, particularly Black mothers and their children and others who live in underserved communities, organizations like ACOG remain essential partners in the effort to build a healthier and more equitable future.
Now, I mentioned I am a practicing physician. I have had to call on members of ACOG to help me provide help to women. Certainly, as a legislator at the State level for 26 years, I worked closely with ACOG on everything from medical malpractice reform to obviously dealing with the tragedy of the disparities in Black infant mortality and for Black mothers who are pregnant and delivering children.
only in the healthcare arena, but in the legislative arena, to improve outcomes for all people, and particularly those who suffer from disparities in our healthcare system, we owe to ACOG a tremendous debt of gratitude.
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Mr. Speaker, we owe a gratitude to the doctors, the nurses, the researchers, the educators, and advocates who have dedicated themselves to this mission for the past 75 years. I will stand and commend ACOG for its decades of leadership, service, and advocacy on behalf of patients and physicians alike.
Gynecologists on this important milestone, and I wish the organization continued success in the years ahead.
Ms. MORRISON. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for his remarks.
Mr. Speaker, the last few years have brought unprecedented challenges and rapid change. During the COVID-19 pandemic and in the wake of the Dobbs decision, ACOG held strong to the foundational mission that has driven its work for decades, strengthening equitable, accessible obstetric and gynecologic care.
women's health and the profession they have represented over the last 75 years has helped translate the lifesaving scientific advances and give evidence-based guidance and stability to a profession that has, is, and will continue to be monumentally consequential to families across the country and in every congressional district.
brings to the forefront the importance of the work still left to build and expand.
obstacles to fully achieving the mission of equitable, accessible care remain.
maternity care deserts, meaning they do not have a hospital or birth center offering obstetric care or any obstetric providers.
are also the most vulnerable to disruptions in services and hospital closures. Approximately 1.2 million women live in counties with only one OB/GYN.
By 2035, the estimates are that 44 U.S. States are projected to not have enough OB/GYNs to meet those States' needs with the most severe shortages being in rural areas.
principles of human dignity and freedom, these alarming statistics can and should lead to a unified bipartisan effort to address them.
helped support historic achievements while upholding the core goals of access and quality of care.
science and evidence-based practices for setting the standards for OB/ GYN care, for advocating for policies that advance the field, and empowering physicians to provide patients with the care they need all while building on each of these areas to inform continuing education opportunities, refine clinical guidelines, and continue the evolution of the field of obstetrics and gynecology.
workforce instability, OB/GYNs are having to deal with health and medical misinformation jeopardizing their work and their patients' well-being.
contraception, fertility, pregnancy care, menopause, vaccines, and reproductive health.
imposes real risks to patients and families. That is why trusted scientific leadership matters.
rigorous science into evidence-based care that improves outcomes for women across the lifespan. Throughout my career in medicine and public service, I have worked to support evidence-based approaches that deliver for families.
in Minnesota to advocating for the reauthorization of the Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act in Congress, I have advocated for advancing early intervention and prevention to save lives.
communities, reduce long-term healthcare expenditures, and improve the long-term resilience of our Nation.
20 years, so I have seen firsthand the challenges patients face to afford and get the care they need.
improvements to care that have occurred over the decades, and I have seen how social determinants of health make it so difficult for many Americans to have good health.
that were built on decades of research, clinical trials, and the dedicated work of multiple generations of my fellow OB/GYNs.
campaigns, committed work from researchers and physicians, and patient voices being centered and truly heard.
patients across different stages of their life. OB/GYNs see patients from adolescence through adulthood to end of life.
pregnancies, and I have cared for many through early adulthood, through midlife, through perimenopause and menopause, and beyond.
been my sincere honor and privilege to provide the care my patients needed, from prenatal care through labor and delivery, to contraception, to hormone replacement therapy, from the exam room to the operating room, helping patients through important life stage transitions, creating care plans through shared decisionmaking, always working to meet patients where they are to meet their unique needs. ACOG has been a critical partner throughout my career and the careers of many thousands of OB/GYNs across the country.
and access to an avalanche of information, not all of which is accurate, it is difficult for many of us to fully understand how drastically circumstances have changed for women and how transformational historic moments were to women's health and safety.
not be able to recall a United States without protected access to birth control or an HPV vaccine.
foundational concepts in public health and clinical practice were better defined and elements critical to progress, like the right to privacy and the ability of women to make their own independent healthcare decisions, were protected.
threatened and eroded, I am thinking of my patients and of people across our country.
first time in their life, their traumatic experiences prior to the protections of Roe v. Wade.
possibility of losing protected access to abortion care as the Supreme Court ruled on the Dobbs case.
preventable, life-threatening conditions and the mothers spared from complications because of comprehensive, evidence-based clinical guidelines and access to comprehensive care.
in this moment when access to mifepristone is threatened, the research on mifepristone has not changed. It has been an FDA approved medicine for a quarter of a century. It has been used safely and effectively by millions of women around the globe.
used to help women manage miscarriages and safely end pregnancy. Its safety record surpasses most over-the-counter medicines.
What has changed is the people in power. People with no medical training who want to undermine access to healthcare, control women's bodies, and ignore evidence-based science because of their own personal ideology.
they know nothing about and who they will never meet, over facts and research and safety.
It sets a very dangerous precedent for us all.
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have a responsibility to face future challenges head-on, mindful of all that we have gained and conscious of what is being lost, unwaveringly committed to improving the lives of all people seeking care, their families, and their communities.
with patients and physicians and for its ongoing work to improve healthcare and the health of our patients. Onward to the next 75.
Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.