Frank Pallone actually said...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 60 percent of maternal deaths in the U.S. are preventable.

Every year, about 700 women die here in the United States from a pregnancy-related condition, and thousands more face severe maternal morbid...

In a nation as wealthy as ours, these statistics are simply shocking and inexcusable.

That's simply disgraceful. And when you compare these outcomes to other countries around the world, the United States is near the bottom.