in the house it was championed by a former representative lauren underwood and representative bill rockets and our country continues to have the highest mortality rates in the developed world. it's hard especially among black and native american women. for many years president and vice president harris has led the fight to address this tragedy in maternal mortality in our nation. our emphasis on the senate was reflected in our bill back better framework and our investment inmaternal health . to help expand and diversify the health workforce and improve maternal mental health, bolster community-based programs, training providers and enhance research and ensure maternal care is coordinated. as we continue that work we recognize that women veterans and there are more than half 1 million women veterans under the age of 40 face additional maternal challenges. they frequently have other health issues that can complicate pregnancy for example expecting moms with physical disabilities or mental illness are much more likely to experience complications and have their children prematurely. this bill

in the house, it was championed by a former nurse, representative lauren underwood, and representative -- bilirakis. and our country continues to have the highest maternal mortality rates in the developed world, which is hard—- it's just -- especially among black and native american women. for many years president -- vice president harris has led the fight to address this tragedy of maternal mortality in our nation. her efforts in the senate are reflected in our build back better framework and our investments in maternal health. we're going to help expand and diversify the maternal health workforce, improve mental -- improve maternal mental health, and bolster community-based programs, train providers, enhance research, and ensure -- ensure maternal care is coordinated. as we continue that work, we recognize that women veterans -- and there are more than half a million women veterans in this country under the age of 40 -- they face additional maternal health challenges. they frequently have other health risks that can complicate pregnancy. for example, expecting moms with physical disa

you had lauren underwood in one camp. she stood up and said we need to counter the gop's misinformation head-on. and talking about what critical race theory is and isn't. it is primarily taught at universities. it is not teaching the country is racist. we should be able to speak to their issues,ings their experiences as americans in this country without feeling like it's a liability for other audiences. this came because in the other camp you had caroline bardo who was drawing attention to the issue. she told us this was one of many conversations among members from our competitive districts how to engage with our diverse and broad constituency approximates. look, this is a preview of the internal and potentially difficult debate to come inside the democratic party, especially after virginia where the gop has shown they will be embracing the culture wars, these became a lightning rod in the race. now you have republicans signaling this is a blueprint for the midterms. so democrats have to figure out how to handle this issu

lauren underwood, democrat in illinois 14th, burgess owens in utah, naples in florida.people are willing to vote for people of different ethnicities in different racial categories and that's obviously a good thing. karlyn: one final question asks all of you to reconcile different points of view between henry and norm. what are the policies between moderate democrats around the reconciliation bill? norm suggests that it is full of policies that pulled well with independents, and henry has argued that it doesn't appeal beyond liberal democrats. we will let john take a shot at that. john: well, they are in a very difficult position, these members of congress. there are not so many of them cannot difficult position. i will say this -- i would say that i think that it is, given the narrow, narrow majorities, it's difficult for most members to ultimately be the ones who would bring down a bill. they, even though i think they could pay for votes in moderate districts for the build back america act, they certainly could, they are often better off sticking with their party. the

the house companion to this bill, h.r. 958, was championed by representative lauren underwood and unanimously passed the house this past may. the protecting moms who served act of 2021 will codify the maternity care coordination program that the veterans health administration first established in 2012 and updated in a november, 2020, policy directive. this will help ensure that veterans across the nation receive high-quality, culturally competent health care throughout their pregnancies and immediately afterward. this is contracted through a variety of non-v.a. providers. however, many have coexisting medical or mental health conditions which they receive ongoing care from v.a. providers. this is to ensure pregnant veterans care is coordinated among all health care professionals involved in it. such information sharing is crucial for patient safety and positive health outcomes for parents and newborns. in addition to codifying v.a.'s maternity care coordination program, s. 796 will require the department to provide training for community providers on the unique needs of pregnant and postpartu