. argues for applying the Hyde amendment to private COBRA plans, noting that Joe Biden supported Hyde's ban on federal funding for abortions until his bid for president.
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. blasts Rs for this anti-abortion provision, saying they should instead support WIC funding.
“Care about the children after they’re born. You care about little Johnny when he’s in the womb, but as soon as you cut the umbilical cord, you say: 'You're on your own.'”
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Committee now debating a GOP amendment to allow only workers who lost jobs because of Biden's environmental exec orders (KeystoneXL etc.) to get subsidized COBRA plans.
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. just referred to fossil fuels as "freedom molecules" that come from "a good ol' boy punching a hole in the ground" in arguing for this amendment
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A lighter moment in 's virtual markup of the Covid bill: apologizes for the noise coming from his son practicing euphonium in the next room. Thoughts and prayers to all parents working from home right now!
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. now debating a GOP amdmt to scrap $50m in the bill that would go to TitleX family planning clinics. Rep. Lesko hits back at Dems who say the move would hurt women by arguing:
a) she is, herself, a woman
b) half of aborted fetuses could have grown to be women
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Worth noting that Planned Parenthood is not currently in the Title X program and wouldn't get this money, bc Trump's rules for the program are still in place. Biden's HHS is currently reviewing whether or not to get rid of them.
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. is now tearing up talking about his wife's work with women who become pregnant as a result of rape and incest and calls on the committee to protect the right to choose whether or not to continue an unplanned pregnancy.
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Rep. Lesko now claiming the bill gives TitleX clinics $50m to make up for the money Planned Parenthood lost as a result of Trump's rule. Again, has not yet rejoined TitleX and will not have access to these funds!
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Lesko now arguing for an amendment to put undocumented immigrants last in line for the Covid vaccine.
Dems call the amdmt "dangerous," citing # of undocumented essential workers and warning this would make even legal immigrants afraid to go to a vaccination cite.
*site (I've been watching this markup for many hours!)
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"I've worked with people who are Hispanic. They're very good workers," Lesko says, describing herself as "compassionate."
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Rep. Scalise now talking about a "superspreader caravan" of immigrants heading toward the U.S., notes that in news footage "they aren't wearing masks."
Dems counter that refusing vaccines to immigrants puts the whole country at risk of prolonging the pandemic
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. going off on Republicans for "cynical, cruel and hateful" amendment putting undocumented immigrants last in line for the vaccine and checking immigration status at vaccination sites. He says the whole community won't be safe until immigrants are too.
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