On the recordNovember 12, 2019
I can assure you, as the former president of Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky, this amendment was offered very much in good faith. It is disappointing, and it is deeply ironic, given that lack of childcare, while certainly not solely a woman's issue, is a well-known barrier to care for many women veterans, as my Democratic colleagues have pointed out over this past year. {time} 1815 Given that, it continues to astound me that the chairman would not allow us to even discuss my amendment--much less vote on it--and then immediately send a press release out after the markup accusing me and my fellow Republicans of walking out on the women veterans that my amendment would have helped to better serve.
