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On the recordJanuary 18, 2024
Madam Speaker, I yield myself 30 seconds. Madam Speaker, so now I am truly confused. Our colleagues have come up one after the other and said that this bill is going to bring the end of the world for the ability for women to gain an abortion, which means killing their babies, and now we are told that this bill does nothing and is a do-nothing bill. If it is a do-nothing bill, then I certainly hope our colleagues will vote for it because I know they have voted for other do-nothing bills on the floor. Maybe they should think of it as a do-nothing bill and all vote for it. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina

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