Political Quotes

“I am proud to be here today, and I thank my colleagues, Representative Adams and Representative Underwood, for establishing the Black Maternal Health Caucus, of which I am a proud member. I also want to recognize my colleague Robin Kelly for her continuous leadership in healthcare when it comes to maternal health. I am also here to let the public know that this issue of maternal health is a priority for the Women's Caucus here in Congress. As my colleague Alma Adams has said, we in America have a crisis. Maternal mortality is not only a public health crisis, but it is also an American crisis. It is an American crisis because we are the highest for any developed country in the world when it comes to deaths from maternal mortality. The CDC reported this week that most of the maternal mortality deaths in our country are preventable. It saddens me that the maternal mortality rate in the United States, again, is the highest among developed countries in the world. We have women, mostly Black women and women of color, dying for no reason. It is unacceptable. It is heartbreaking. In my home State of Michigan, 80 to 90 maternal deaths occur every year. These are women who are losing their lives to give birth. We must do all that we can to end this crisis. As a leader on this issue, joining my other colleagues in their leadership, I look forward to working on both sides of the aisle to address this issue.…”