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Patricia Schroeder: “If I may reclaim my time, I do not think we are communicating. What I am saying is clearly what I want to do is send a…”

On the recordFebruary 13, 1995
If I may reclaim my time, I do not think we are communicating. What I am saying is clearly what I want to do is send a strong message from this Congress to local officials that with this money comes the ability for them to then have no excuses for protecting women's constitutional rights because we spoke before on that very clearly when we passed the prior bill. Now, there may be some ancillary issues. I understand what the gentleman is saying. But I do not think that message gets through with the gentleman's amendment, because he has that qualifier on it. That is why I am saying could he accept a substitute that would specifically list women's reproductive health facilities? Because then I think it is standing there clearly, saying we will not accept excuses to localities who get money and then do not use it.
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Patricia Schroeder
Colorado
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Discussing the importance of funding for women's constitutional rights and reproductive health facilities.

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