Nita Lowey: “While this amendment does not have a budgetary effect, I would like to…”

On the recordJune 13, 2019

While this amendment does not have a budgetary effect, I would like to thank my colleague for raising such an important issue for millions of women around the world. For more than 200 million women, female genital mutilation can mean health problems that haunt them for the rest of their lives. The quest for gender equality will not be complete until women are no longer subjected to these practices. I urge my colleagues to support this amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time.

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Nita Lowey

Democratic · New York

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Jun 13, 2019

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