DeGette Stands Up Against Most Extreme Asault on Women's Health in a Generation

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1), co-chair of the Pro-Choice Caucus, today took to the floor of the House as the chamber debated H.R. 3, the so-called "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act," the most extreme assault on women's health in a generation. The bill would expand restrictions on women's access to full reproductive health care, and prevent individuals and small businesses from obtaining legal, comprehensive private health insurance, without being subjected to a tax increase.

During her speech on the House floor, DeGette stated, "I don't know how many times the Republican leadership is going to make this Congress vote to strip American women of their access to health care. But I for one would like to encourage them to spend their time getting our country back to work, rather than on an extreme agenda that the American people didn't ask for and don't want, and that is going nowhere in the Senate and even if it did, would be vetoed by the President of the United States."

The bill passed the Republican-controlled House, 251 to 175.

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