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On the recordJanuary 18, 2024
Madam Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Ms. Underwood of Illinois moves to recommit the bill H.R. 6914 to the Committee on Education and the Workforce. The material previously referred to by Ms. Underwood is as follows: Ms. Underwood moves to recommit the bill H.R. 6914 to the Committee on Education and the Workforce with instructions to report the same back to the House forthwith with the following amendment: Page 6, after line 16, insert the following: ``(D) Information on access to Federal programs that support the health and well-being of pregnant women and children, including-- ``(i) the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.); ``(ii) the supplemental nutrition assistance program under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.); ``(iii) the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children established by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786); and ``(iv) programs under title X of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300 et seq.).''. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX, the previous question is ordered on the motion to recommit. The question is on the motion to recommit. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the noes appeared to have it.
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Lauren Underwood
Democratic · Illinois

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