Xavier Becerra: “the gentleman raised the point that this would not protect children but it would actually provide those of us in…”

“the gentleman raised the point that this would not protect children but it would actually provide those of us in Congress with the ability to somehow obstruct families from caring for their children. I have the amendment before me. I am trying to figure out where the gentleman takes from this particular amendment all those things that he ascribed to it. All this amendment says is that along with the other nine exemptions that we currently provide in the bill, including Social Security being exempted, including civil rights laws that protect against age discrimination, that protect against racial discrimination, ethnic discrimination, we have no provision, and this is the entirety of the amendment, that says we would exempt as well those provisions which provide for the protection of the health of children.”