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Jackie Speier: “I cannot understand how anyone seated in this Chamber today cannot appreciate the fact that the language from the Senate…”

On the recordMarch 19, 2010
I cannot understand how anyone seated in this Chamber today cannot appreciate the fact that the language from the Senate version of the bill already expands the Hyde language. Under the Senate version of the bill, a woman in the exchange paying for her insurance totally on her own is going to be required now to make out two checks: one for her insurance contribution and one for her abortion services should she ever need them.
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Jackie Speier
Democratic · California
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Mar 19, 2010

Editor's note · Context

The speaker is addressing concerns about the implications of the Senate version of a bill related to abortion services.

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