I introduced legislation this week that will ensure that medication abortion is available in states where abortions will still be legal. This is something that`s going to be incredibly helpful to women and I think about my home state of…
Tina Smith
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Tina Elizabeth Smith is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Minnesota since January 3, 2018. A member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, she has focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and economic equity during her time in office. Smith previously served as the Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota from 2015 to 2018, where she worked on initiatives to improve access to healthcare and support for families and children.
The Federal Indian boarding school policy created deep intergenerational harm to Native communities across the United States.
What we have in this country is a Republican Party that is hell-bent to tell women what it thinks they should be able to do with their own bodies.
I think that the filibuster is an archaic remnant of an old Senate that it is needs to be abolished and I think that we should get rid of the filibuster for voting rights, for abortion rights, for that the health of our democracy.
This decision by the United States Supreme Court is going to -- it is creating a crisis of health care for women.
this is the first time that I can remember that we have seen the Supreme Court of the United States in my lifetime take away women`s rights, take away people`s rights and this is a sign I think of the great dysfunction in our democracy.
When Roe is overturned by the Supreme Court and let’s be clear Roe is going to be overturned because of the result of a multi-decade strategy by Republicans and their dark money donors.
The accountability for that is going to rest with the Republican Party and those Republicans that have refused to stand up for women’s fundamental freedoms.
I ask unanimous consent that Melody Tan and Sarah Alexander--fellows in my office--be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the 117th Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
I thank Senator Baldwin for her thoughtful remarks. Mr. President, I rise today in support of the Women's Health Protection Act, and I urge my colleagues to join us in standing up for fundamental rights to freedom, autonomy, and…
if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 7:03 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at 10 a.m…
I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 625, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A…





