ms. lujan grisham: mr. speaker, march is women's history month and i rise in memory of a trail blazer, georgia lee luck, the first woman to ever represent new mexico in the house of representative the. georgia was electriced in 1946 and served congressional district one, my district. georgia's in our history books as a woman who wasn't afraid of a fight. she grew up on a farm in carlsabad, went to highlands university in las vegas, new mexico. she came to washington to fight for better education and better care for veterans. as a school administrator, she had seen the effects of book shortages and overcrowded classrooms on young students. as a mother of three boys who all fought in the second world war, she knew all too well the challenges faced by those returning from war. georgia served on the veterans affairs committee and worked across the aisle to make sure that veterans received the benefits provided to them in the g.i. bill of rights. she fought for federal aid to education, hot meals for students an

ms. lujan grisham: mr. speaker, march is women's history month and i rise in memory of a trail blazer, georgia lee luck, the first woman to ever represent new mexico in the house of representative the. georgia was electriced in 1946 and served congressional district one, my district. georgia's in our history books as a woman who wasn't afraid of a fight. she grew up on a farm in carlsabad, went to highlands university in las vegas, new mexico. she came to washington to fight for better education and better care for veterans. as a school administrator, she had seen the effects of book shortages and overcrowded classrooms on young students. as a mother of three boys who all fought in the second world war, she knew all too well the challenges faced by those returning from war. georgia served on the veterans affairs committee and worked across the aisle to make sure that veterans received the benefits provided to them in the g.i. bill of rights. she fought for federal aid to education, hot meals for students an

ms. lujan grisham: mr. speaker, this is the final amendment to the bill that will not kill the bill or send it back to committee. if the adopted the bill will immediately procede to final passage as amended. mr. speaker, we have heard passionate arguments in support and in opposition to this bill. we have heard members argue that this bill is needed to prevent the obama administration's overreach on issues such as immigration and health care. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady will suspend. he house will come to order. ms. lujan grisham: conversely, we have heard members note that the republican leadership has refused to pass comprehensive immigration reform, refused to raise the minimum wage, and refused to compromise on a budget until they had shut down the federal government. these members argue that this has forced the president to act within his constitutional authority to faithfully execute the law. that sharp rhetoric and disagreement is a result of the political realities that we find ourselves

ms. lujan grisham: thank you for calling us to talk about this important issue for our families. when i was running the new mexico department of aging i remember a tragic call from a family of a 60-year-old woman who had fallen and broken her hip. she was in a hospital in albuquerque. hospitals are required to provide stabilizing emergency treatment and even surgery if it's required. unfortunately, this 60-year-old woman didn't have insurance and she was rolled out of the hospital in a wheelchair without the required surgery for her hip fracture. if the affordable care act was in place when this happened, this 60-year-old woman could have provided her health insurance card to someone at the hospital and the hospital would have stabilized her hip, performed the surgery and then provided follow-up rehabilitation care. this would allow this woman to walk again. the required stabilization is critical for successful recovery injury.particular hip and the long-term consequences of not receiving the care are significant. quite frankly, she never would have walked again without that surg