00:00Well, hello everyone. Thank you for being here with us this morning.
00:05You know, we're coming up on the two-year anniversary of when Donald Trump made the promise, and I quote
00:12exactly.
00:13He said, under the Trump administration, your government will pay for, or your insurance company will be mandated to pay
00:20for, all costs associated with IVF treatment, end quote.
00:25Well, all this time later, we've heard crickets from the president on any meaningful progress to keep true to his
00:31word.
00:32So I'm here today to call bullshit.
00:35I'm here today to call out another one of Trump's broken promises, another lie from the president of the United
00:40States, another middle finger to American families.
00:44Look, the president and congressional Republicans have had plenty of chances to help us Dems ensure every American's right to
00:51in vitro fertilization.
00:52But they've not only turned their backs on us, they've actively kept us from making it a reality at every
00:58turn.
00:59We saw this just a few weeks ago when Republicans blocked my amendment that would have ensured our service members,
01:04our heroes, and their families have access to the same level of IVF coverage that we members of Congress do.
01:11That's unacceptable that they blocked it.
01:13It's unconscionable.
01:15And frankly, it's unpatriotic.
01:17We know that our troops are twice as likely to suffer from fertility struggles as civilians.
01:22Often, they struggle because they've sacrificed for this great nation.
01:27Yet, how does this five-time draft dodger of a president thank them?
01:31Apparently, by refusing to help them build the families that they've dreamed of.
01:35The thing is, I don't need to imagine what those service members are feeling right now because I've lived it.
01:40This morning, I got to argue with my daughters about what to pack for sleep-away camp.
01:44It sounds trivial, I know.
01:46But when I spend just a second thinking about it, even that kind of everyday moment with my girls is
01:51not trivial at all.
01:52It's a miracle.
01:54Because after 10 years of struggling with infertility, after being wounded in combat,
01:58I was only able to have my two girls through IVF.
02:02The only reason there are arguments in my family about crop tops and the need to pack a sweater,
02:09because it might be cold at night, honey, is because I came home from war.
02:12I had the freedom to seek the health care I needed to make my dreams of becoming a mom a
02:17reality.
02:18But now, thanks to Donald Trump, that right to reproductive care is at risk for millions across our nation.
02:24And despite his delusional claims that he is, quote, the father of IVF, he is the reason IVF is at
02:31risk in the first place.
02:32Because he's the one who brags about bringing down Roe v. Wade, an action that put millions of lives in
02:39jeopardy,
02:40that forced millions of women to wonder if basic health care will be there when they need it most.
02:45Yet now, he actually says that he cares about IVF?
02:48He's like a bank robber who steals cash out of the vault and flees the scene and then still expects
02:54a reward for calling 911 to report a crime.
02:57Well, we know the truth.
02:58His support for IVF is about as huge as the made-up crowd sizes at his rallies.
03:03He is to blame.
03:04He and every other Republican who cares more about staying good with Trump than about doing good for the Americans
03:09that they're supposed to be serving.
03:12Women, service members, and otherwise in this country have been through enough.
03:16What we don't need is a man who was found liable for sexual abuse, controlling what we can or cannot
03:21do with our own bodies.
03:23What we don't need are politicians who have sworn fealty to a convicted felon treating us like we're the ones
03:29who are criminals.
03:30Listen, I wish Republicans luck explaining Trump's broken promises to their constituents this summer.
03:36They're going to have to justify why Trump promised to lower costs, why he promised no more forever wars,
03:41why he promised free IVF, than how he's somehow already broken every last one of those vows in just a
03:48year and a half since he's taken over the White House and turned it into a Marie Antoinette ballroom.
03:52And I'm sure along the way, some of those Republicans are going to run to the nearest camera to claim
03:57that their actions have simply been misunderstood,
03:59that they love IVF, just like the Democrats, despite all their actions to the contrary.
04:04Well, so to those colleagues, we're giving you yet another chance to prove that you actually do care about American
04:10families.
04:11Today, we are proud to reintroduce our Right to IVF Act, which would enshrine into law every American's right to
04:18access IVF if they choose to do so.
04:21We're not forcing it on them.
04:23We're just saying if you want to start IVF because you want to start a family, you have the right
04:27to access it.
04:28It will lower costs and it will expand coverage for military families and federal employees.
04:32It will help ensure that hopeful parents don't go bankrupt when they're just trying to start a family.
04:37It will make sure that we don't lose service members after 10 years of service and hundreds of thousands of
04:42dollars of training them
04:43because they are denied the right to access IVF and decide that they have to leave the service in order
04:49to start those families.
04:50So if Trump actually believes he's the father of IVF, or if my Republican colleagues actually support IVF like they
04:56say they do when they're on cable news,
04:58then this bill is a chance to prove that their claims aren't just lies.
05:02Because, you know, I went to war to defend this nation's rights and freedoms, including a woman's right to choose
05:08when and where and how to start a family.
05:11I'm not asking Republicans to head into combat to show they care deeply about Americans' rights too.
05:17I'm not asking them to do anything difficult at all, really.
05:19All I'm asking them to do is simply support this bill that could represent millions of their constituents' only hope
05:25of becoming parents.
05:26And all I'm asking is for the actions to finally match their campaign promises.
05:32Otherwise, once again, all they're showing is that their claims of supporting IVF are pure and utter bullshit.
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