Eleanor Holmes Norton: “The benefits of breastfeeding are well documented. Children's immune systems build up. Studies have shown that even…”

“The benefits of breastfeeding are well documented. Children's immune systems build up. Studies have shown that even risks of asthma, diabetes, and the like are reduced in breastfed babies. There are benefits also to nursing mothers as well. The risk of diabetes and cancer are reduced. This bill isn't very much related to the important substance of the underlying bill, but the relationship is clear enough. I very much thank my two good friends for accepting these two amendments to the underlying bill. I strongly support the underlying bill this evening.”