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On the recordDecember 14, 2022
I would just say to my colleague, having sat through those hearings, which my recollection is only one or two Republicans on the committee showed up and that most of the people who I talked to had not actually talked to Dr. Gupta, didn't actually know what the Office of Global Women's Issues does. And it is very disappointing that they are going to make a decision based on a press release from Planned Parenthood as opposed to looking at what she would actually do in that role and the responsibilities of that office. So I am--you know, you guys think that every time you see ``women'' in a title, as I said, we are talking about reproductive rights. That is not the case. There is a lot that women do besides having babies. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oklahoma.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

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