Eleanor Holmes Norton: “I wanted to correct the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Sanford), who opined that this bill was not scored correctly.…”

“I wanted to correct the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Sanford), who opined that this bill was not scored correctly. We are talking about space already designated for Federal employees. The intent of the bill, and I am the author of the bill, which could never have gotten through committee if it involved the expenditure of funds. Yes, sometimes these lactation rooms will be dedicated to lactation, but that doesn't mean they are exclusively designated to lactation. And the whole notion that some Federal buildings don't have such space means they are in violation of the Affordable Care Act, which requires that they have such space, even if it is not space that is exclusively used for the few women who are lactating or nursing.”