The committee will now come to order. Good morning. To rest of this hearing is examine how state policies like those in missouri are impacting residents access to comprehensive Reproductive Health Care Services including abortion. Without objections the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. For audience purposes we welcome you and respect your interest in being here. In turn we request and we ask you to respect the proceedings as we go forward in todays hearings. With that i will recognize myself to give an Opening Statement. I would like to begin by acknowledging that this is the First Full Committee Hearing we have held since our friend, our colleague and our beloved chairman Elijah Cummings passed away. Chairman cummings spent his entire life fighting for justice and equality for everyone. He was a fierce champion for womens access to health care. Across the country, extreme forces and State Governments are taking draconian steps to violate womens rig
The committee will now come to order. Good morning to everyone. The purpose of this hearing is to examine how state policies , like those in missouri, are impacting residents access to comprehensive Reproductive Health care services, including abortion. Without objections, the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. For audience purposes, we welcome you and respect your interest in being here. In turn, we request and we ask you to respect the proceedings as we go forward in todays hearings. With that, i will recognize myself to give an opening statement. I would like to begin by acknowledging that this is the First Full Committee Hearing we have held since our friend, our colleague and our beloved chairman Elijah Cummings passed away. Chairman cummings spent his entire life fighting for justice and equality for everyone. And he was a fierce champion for womens access to health care. Across the country, extreme forces and State Governments are taking dracon
Chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties. All time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue past 11 50 a. M. Each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from georgia, mr. Carter, for five minutes. Mr. Carter madam speaker, i rise today to recognize the ninth president of Savannah State utah, mr. Cyrus g. Wily. At the time called the Georgia State Industrial College for colored youths, mr. Wily made tremendous strides forward for the oldest public historically black college in the state of georgia. He started his term in 1921 antifirst alumnus to become president of the school. In that same year he allowed women to attend for the first time. And he transitioned the college out of its role providing High School Progr
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