'If My Republican Colleagues We're So Worried...': Jacky Rosen Claps Back At GOP Over Debt Concerns

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During remarks on the Senate floor Wednesday, Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) spoke about an amendment that would protected funding for global health programs from the Republican rescissions package.

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00:00Chair Reckner, Senator from Nevada.

00:02Mr. President, I call up my Amendment 2878, and I ask that it be reported by number.

00:08Clerk will report.

00:10Senator from Nevada, Ms. Rosen, proposes Amendment 2878 to Amendment 2853.

00:17Mr. President, I rise today to speak on behalf of global health.

00:22Global health programs, well, they save lives, they grow economies, they create more stable societies.

00:27And this cruel bill eliminates $500 million in global health funding that would gut family planning programs.

00:37That means that 47 million women and couples could lose access to essential care around the globe,

00:43and tens of thousands of women will die as a result.

00:47When women have the right to decide when and how many children to have, they succeed.

00:53Families succeed.

00:55This means we spend less, not more, in foreign assistance.

00:59My amendment makes sure women have the ability to make decisions about their own bodies, their lives, and their futures,

01:04and we will all be better for it.

01:07I urge my colleagues to support the Rosen Amendment.

01:10I yield the floor.

01:13President.

01:15Chair Reckner, Senator from Tennessee.

01:17Thank you, Mr. President.

01:18President, I object to the senator's motion to strike the provision that protects taxpayer dollars

01:24from funding foreign abortion programs through the global health program.

01:29And the American people agree with me.

01:32I've got a poll right here.

01:3573% of Americans oppose or strongly oppose using their tax dollars to support abortion services in other countries.

01:47While the substitute amendment protects critical life-saving initiatives in the global health account,

01:55including maternal and child health care,

01:58there is absolutely zero, nada, not, no reason that taxpayers should be funding abortion programs abroad.

02:08We are $37 trillion in debt.

02:13The American people are demanding fiscal responsibility,

02:17and they do not want their hard-earned tax dollars funding a far-left agenda

02:23that violates their closely held beliefs,

02:26especially when it comes to protecting the dignity of human life.

02:32I urge a no vote on this amendment.

02:35The question is on the amendment.

02:38I ask for the yays and nays.

02:40And if my Republican colleagues were so worried about the debt,

02:43they wouldn't have added $3 trillion to the reconciliation.

02:44Is there a sufficient second?

02:47And if you want to give a sec imagination.

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