stupak-pitts amendment? the reason is because inside that bill in several paragraphs is the ability for taxpayers' money to be used for abortions. in fact, according to the federal legislative director of right to life, obamacare provides authorizations for subsidies for abortions both implicit and explicit and let's vote for life. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from pennsylvania reserves. the gentleman from new jersey. mr. pallone: i yield two minutes to the the gentlewoman from illinois, ms. schakowsky. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for two minutes. ms. schakowsky: i thank the gentleman for yielding. we are running out of legislative days before the end of the year and instead of focusing on jobs or the economy, the house leadership has decided once again to consider legislation that endanger and attacks the rights of women. h.r. 358 is extreme legislation that puts the lives of women in danger. this legislation undermines the guarantee of

this bill is very different from the stupak amendment. it appears that health care providers could withhold care for women with life threatening conditions. in other words, a woman could be dying on the floor of a hospital and when you vote for this bill you will be saying that care givers would not have -- would not allow medical professions -- professionals to treat that woman. and keep her from dying. the obama administration has come out strongly against this legislation, rightly saying it intrudes on women's reproductive freedom and access to health care and unnecessarily restribs the private insurance choices that women and their families have today. so just a few points again. public funding of abortion is prohibited under the hyde amendment except in cases of rape, incest, life of the mother. the american catholic health association says, we are confident that the affordable care act does not allow federal funding of abortion and that it keeps in place important conscience protections for care givers and institutions alike. and th

it goes far beyond stupak-pitts to impose unprecedented limitations on abortion coverage and restricts access to abortion services for all women. the protect life act would have an adverse effect on women's access to reproductive services, especially for low-income minority women who are very likely to be underinsured or uninsured. and use partial subsidies to purchase insurance. it not only ends abortion coverage for women in the exchange who use their own private funds to pay for their insurance, but also essentially shuts down the private insurance market for abortion coverage. this act imposes crippling administrative burdens on insurance companies that choose to cover abortion care and bands abortion coverage from all multistate plans interfering with private insurance companies' decisions about what benefits to offer. simply put, the protect life act is a misnomer. . it poses a direct threat to the health and lives of women, it poses -- it -- even more troubling is the fact that it creates an exception to the obligation of hospitals to comply with the emergency medical treatment

we could not just a stop on stupak forever. knew that at some point, it was going to turn, and it is turning today. it is turning on wall street, turning in hearts all around america. the tide is turning, and we want to take you now to launch. you have some work to do, even as you are eating and talking. your mind is fired up. you are thinking about a million things. you are going to have some instructions for this lunch from ramona. give her round of applause. she is a quiet force behind this whole thing. [applause] how many of you all are the people who are behind the scenes, making everything work? raise your hand, don't be ashamed. the people who really make it worked. give her a round of applause. give this woman a round of applause. [applause] one of our great labor leaders and organizers, also a huge civil rights background, also a new mom with a little baby. >> thank you, van. so, are we inspired? are we ready to get to work? all right, then, when you go off to lunch, here is what we need you to do. now is the time to s