Gene Green: “I met with all those County commissioners, a number of them and they are very supportive.”

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that more than 700 women in the United States die each year due to complications related to pregnancy and childbirth.

Neither these bills nor the Committee's other efforts have gone far enough to address many of the underlying challenges facing this sector.

I'm happy to once again support my colleague Mr. Engel's bill, to rein in this dangerous practice.

These numbers are troubling as we are because even more acute when you look at the existing racial, socioeconomic, and geographic disparities.