>> good morning, good morning. before i begin i wanted wish the women's softball team good luck as they take on the capitol press team. i know that could be a source of friction in this room we are all raising money for charity and i' kim schreier, one of the stars of our team is joining us here today as well as the chair suzanne delbene fo caucus meeting this morning across the street but but this morning we discussd the two year anniversary of the dobbs decision which is has left one in three women in■; this country living under an abortion ban. as we mark this the choice confronting the american people cannot be more clear. house democrats are fighting to restore reproductive freedom for y american. house republicans are marching towards a national abortion ban. mos are fighting for every americans to act on

ivf if they choose to do so and extreme maga republicans are filing amendment to block are never going to stopoe. joe biden will be standing on the debate stage tomorro defending the right of women to seek an abortion in donald trump most honest■g devta court justices who cause this pain to so many across our country. this is the choice that our country faces. house democrats in joe biden 13 roe in donald trump and house republicans are tea a the vice chair ted >> is chairman aquilar mentioned this a two year work grueling of roe v. wade. donald trump and republicans campaigned on overturning roe v. wade in donald trump

nominated extremely conservative supreme court justices and ices are those justices then overturned roe donald trump and republicans celebrated and bragged about the joe biden signed■] law to codify roe v. wade. the two parties are not the th week the u.s. surgeon general announced for the first me the truth that gun violenc a crisis. the biden adminisnnd working to reduce gun violence and make sure that we don't have guns get into the hands of people who should not have them. againwo parties are not the same. it is now my honor to introduce our dccc chairwoman suzanne delbene under her leadership tot

for because pam suozzi one and to tell youut the results >> good morning everyone. thanks to aquilar and vice chair lieu. we had a great caucus meeting where folks are fired up and the house in less than five months. this week we are reminded of how high the stakes of this as we all know monday marked the second anniversaryg of roe v. w. since that day for american women lost the fundamental constitutional protections 21 states have either banned abortion were severely restricted it. hav heard countless stories of women denied lifesaving di because of these extreme state bans. now more than ever theublic is experiencing a tragic consequences of allowing politicioicha medical care what they can and

cannot receive after cheerleading the overturning of roe two years ago house republicans refused to stop fr despite all of theiructive dysfunction and chaos they have managed to stay united on atleat pursuit of passing bills and abortion rights called towards their national abortion ban. their unity this and their freedom agenda is a that thar more moderate know

more moderate republicans in the house and in south carolina the last t the state senate were ousted in primaries for heresy of standing with democrats to block a near t

state. they are doing all of this despite the fact that support forrtights in -- is increasing across the country with more than 60% of voters in battleground states supporting legal aboions in support for reproductive iç■t's clear it's increasingly becoming a dealbreaker issue for many voters meaning they would not with them on these fundamental freedoms.knowing this house reps are trying to downplay their extremism by dismissing as a nosu for hiding it altogether. vulnerable house republicans have been caught and deleting their extreme antiabortion positions on a public web site and weoing to hold them accountable for that. no matter how hard they try they won't be able to■l■ run away frm their antiabortion extremism or the role overturning roe. whether in california or pennsylvania and in all the purple dis between we will make sure the public is

reproductive freedom we suffered two years ago in the constant attacks agai our rights is because of them. this eio is about our right or freedom our democracy and our come november we will take back the house of representatives to get our government back to work reproductive freedom once and and now i want to introduce my colleagues right next of washinm schrier. >> thank you chairwoman delbene. two years ago court made the disastrous decisions overturn r up-ending 50 years of precedent and practically overnight ripping the fundamental freedom away this country.

as one of just two pro-choice women doctors inongress i was outraged then and i continue to be just as this decision goes far beyond abortion. has power over the authority to make very personal decisions for you and who can control your future. our rights are no longer writesl decisions when and whether to be that chart the course of her life. to happen later. after woman hashosen to start a family something goes wrong with the pregnancy. either way i want to emphasize this decision is6seg heard -- h,

not the government we are seeing the dangerous daubs decision every day women with miscarriage is not the standard treatment that t forced to carry nonviable pregnancies to term. are seeingn ivf and vitro fertilization which so many families rely on to have a succefucy and we are seeing attacks on the year 2024 this is beycs in the exam room. democratic majority and we will bring a bi the house to make roe the lot land and restore these fundamental freedoms for women. thank yield to our chairmanank h

dr. schrier for questions? andrew. >> i don't think it would surprise anyone in leadership cratic caucus member■ in the future. we will have more to say about that the future but it's not a surprise to anyone that we are endorsing our democratic congressperson. i endorsed jaamal bowman and democratic l endorsed our focushat we talked about today come how do we get the congress and the country on theto roe,eled to

affordability concerns of many americans have. to do that is by having democratic control in the house and we get there t havat'r focus in effort on those districts that matter to us november so that will continue to be our focus as we m toward the november elections. our expectation is that members do their own business that they need to do in their districts t. jamaal bowman is a dedicated public servant i wish him bt in overcoming the democratic nominee george vlami v

[inaudible] >>hinkhe data is very clear. the volume of individ asylum at the southern border is down. joe biden has beeneading on these issues. he strongly believes in securing offering o come pathways for individualsto have work permits like his order last week t ve been in the country for decades the ability to have a workerf are married to a united communities. that balanced approach is what's need a that'what joe biden is providing. that's why you are his.

t is expended to protect an incumbent member of ouronht, plus 10,s 20 district expands the majority so in that are impacts but i will tell you our focus is on making hakeem jeffries the and over. i've nomine committed to making this h that's where energy and focus is sources and helping our members to secure 218 votes for ■ nthat will continue to be our >> we are absolutely ud

and extremism to be seen from house republicans and we are united to make sure that we take back the majority in dtrts all across the country. there couldn't be a stronger contrast it with great candidates running across the country and the difference between a standing up for rights and freedoms and democracy ine s the extremism of republicans couldn't be more clear. [inaudible] >> i generally will leave those

ragy and tactics to leader jeff reese but i can tell you there has been strong bipartisan votes when extremist members on the house republ side upper resolutions. eyenal democrats to table these things. our hope is that will happen but nversations about it.e lot of this is yet another attempt by house republicans to have the back of the former president. every day they wake up asking themselves how do we him. and this is one way they can continue to show#w carrying hisat and the american public sees it. we are going to devote a lot of me injured -- energy to that. >> encourage you t

substance of what this is all committee hearing on the contempt resolution against merrick garland it's clear knowing disputes this, w have the written transcript. the written transcript was auenob or republican who was dominated by donamp knowing disputes that this written transfer -- transmit is authentic. why they want the transcript of they said we won't know if biden says and, and, and. they want this transcript to highlight joe biden's stuttering joe biden overcame stuttering as he was bullied for stuttering and he overcame that it became president of united states. it is and shameful that republicans are seeking to compel this audio transcript which is exactly the highlight e stuttering to themees and i hope

right about that in the p$1 [ina these circumstances my firt instinct is to always differ to the windsn member -- wayne -- ways mem behind me. joe biden isbiden is fighting fr corporations to pay theirr share and per individuals making under $40,000 to get a leg up. that's the prism and which the administration and house will do for two chair delbene. and there are nopecifics like

most proposals from donald trump they are no specifics behind it and thesew& also proposed tarifs instead of taxes that would be ly regressive and raise rs all across the country. next year we will have a big been very clear we are focused on making sure that they have policies that are fair and the supports are middle-class families and do important things that cane a credit. >> i'm not a o those efforts obviously this is an issue that

related to the two year dots anniversary that we have mentioned. house democrats will continue to support efforts for women to have reproductiv who we are andy we wt to seek the majority because we want to pass policies that further that goal. anything missing from that frame is worthy of consideration.ñ÷ [inaudible] that opinion that they are going offer isn't worth the paper that it's posted on but itmindst time mike johnson had his hand in a legal strategy relate to the house of representatives.ded

he was architect in a document that went to the had lies was completely and set the framework for the insurrectionists marching capitol. of law and mike johnson has dec. this is opportunity the opportunity for them to carry the water for steve mans< good about helping him through the january 6 committee proved multiple course of the legal and lawful and that's what you see peter navarro high bars in the penitentiary right now. speaker johnson is going down this route is shameful but it's shouldn't be sur

thank you very much.■