Brittany Pettersen: “This place does not work for young families. That is a detriment.”

I urge my colleagues to support this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Colorado (Ms. Pettersen). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment…

First of all, thank you for signing our discharge petition. We are asking you to continue to stand with us because no mom or dad should be in the position that I was in and so many parents have found themselves in. It is antiwoman. It is…

You can’t fake being pregnant or giving birth.

I urge my colleagues to defeat the previous question so we can bring up H.R. 12, the Women's Health Protection Act, because we cannot afford to wait and not address the urgent needs of women across the Nation.