Annie Kuster: “All due respect to my colleague from Wyoming, it is not liberty for a woman to be forced to go to work within weeks of…”

“All due respect to my colleague from Wyoming, it is not liberty for a woman to be forced to go to work within weeks of having a child. That is what this bill would do. Mr. Speaker, it is not liberty for people over 50 years old to be required to pay increased fees and increased expenses simply to go to the hospital, and it is not liberty to have their essential health benefits stripped away. They might not even be able to go to a hospital. It is not liberty for 7 million veterans to have a vets tax, to have their benefits stripped away from an amendment that was introduced in the middle of the night. That is not liberty. Vote ``no'' on this bill. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Connolly).”