I thank the gentlewoman from Pennsylvania for her comments. I do believe that today a woman serving in the Air Force would have the benefits of 12 weeks of paid parental leave and, hopefully, in the very near future a childcare system that will not speak of some 9,000 who are waiting for childcare slots that don't exist in childcare centers in the military. It is shameful that we have to legislate that, but we are in the process of doing it. I now will join my colleagues in welcoming our colleague from the great State of Illinois, one of our new but very effective members, Congresswoman Marie Newman. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Illinois (Ms. Newman).
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