Jackie Speier: “They should not have discretion when it comes to abusing your spouse or your children.”

We must restore local control to the community.

I thank the gentlewoman for her powerful comments. On top of everything else, we passed one law which was the Hyde amendment, that said you can't use Federal funds for medical abortions, so Medicaid was not made available for that purpose…

I implore my colleagues to regularly provide oversight on the implementation of the IRC's recommendations.

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