first of all, today I am going to be introducing legislation with the gentlewoman from Maryland [Mrs. Morella] and the gentlewoman from Michigan [Miss Collins] on female genital mutilation. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to put my statement in the Record, and I think it is long overdue that this country prohibits such mutilation in this country, and let me do that at this point.
Introducing legislation to prohibit female genital mutilation.
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