Has the admitting privileges within that State affected the quality or effectiveness of your medical services?

Thank you to our witnesses. Thanks to our Ranking Member, Senator Grassley, and most especially to Senator Leahy.

Our goal is to stop politicians from playing doctor and stop public officials from interfering in significant medical decisions.

As the election approaches, I think the voters are going to want to know where legislators stand on these issues.

Women are harmed when they cannot get the medical care that they need.

There have been over 200 State laws passed in the last 3 years designed to make it harder or impossible for women to access abortion services in their communities.

Thank you, Senator Grassley.

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists strongly support S. 1696, the Women's Health Protection Act.

In fact, a number of the regulations that have been claimed to be struck down by this legislation the Act specifically says would not be affected.

Let the American people see which bill reflects the values of each member of the U.S. Senate: life or death for unborn children.

While they are on the books, they have a very practical impact on women's lives and a very severely restrictive impact on their legal rights and a very invasive and intrusive consequence for their exercise of personal choice.

In fact, it is narrowly targeted to certain kinds of, in effect, bogus legislation, legislation that masquerades as health protection but really is designed to prevent access to abortion services that are constitutionally protected.

the matter before this Chamber is the sportsmen's bill. Most of us, including myself, support and encourage sportsmen and sportsmanship. This bill has many laudable provisions. Among other provisions, it expands opportunities for sportsmen…

I think the law here is heading in a very unfortunate direction.

I wish to begin by thanking my colleague, the senior Senator from Illinois, for his very eloquent and powerful remarks on the need to address gun violence in this country and to do it as part of our consideration of the Bipartisan…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. GUN VIOLENCE

no one should have to pay for an injury that they suffered as a student-athlete.

I am shocked and outraged by the apparent practice on many campuses of, in effect, re-victimizing survivors who may be, in effect, victims.

I wish to thank my colleague Senator Murphy. He is my friend and partner on so many different issues but most especially on measures to stop gun violence in this country-- commonsense, sensible measures he has championed so ably, and I…

We can and must take concrete steps to both reduce the number of assaults and improve how they are dealt with.

the prevalence of a sexual violence in schools is an urgent civil rights issue.

I am grateful for the work of my colleague Senator Casey, who has been a leader on this issue for many years.

I think there is some empirical data to contradict that argument.

I would be loathe if the Congress was to rank order particular areas of American life and say voting is more important, for example, than employment or housing.

I have no intention or desire to suspend the rights--as sovereigns, the rights of States to contest or in any way protect their rights.