On the recordJanuary 28, 2014
Today, this House will consider H.R. 7, which is an unprecedented assault on women's health care. This law would mean that millions of American women who would like to purchase their health insurance with their own money cannot purchase comprehensive health insurance, insurance which is their legal right because this House of Representatives and, Madam Speaker, I would note, a House of Representatives, particularly on the majority side, that is dominated by men, tell them they cannot do so. What is even more cynical, however, is that those who are promoting this and have said this know that it will not become law. It is a messaging bill. It is intended to send a message to whom? And just what is that message? So while we are debating that, the House is not taking up unemployment insurance extension, which is not a messaging bill. It is heat in the home, it is keeping the lights on, it is paying the mortgage, it is putting food on the table for the children of the people in those homes. That is not a messaging bill. That is the work that we were sent here to do. ____________________
