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Preventing Maternal Deaths Act of 2018

Floor Speech

Date: Dec. 11, 2018
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Women Health and Health Care

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Ms. DeGETTE. Mr. Speaker, I know that the ranking member already yielded back, so I thank Mr. Burgess for yielding.

Mr. Speaker, I wanted to hurry down here to speak in favor of this bill because I have been working on it for many years with my colleague and friend, Jaime Herrera Beutler.

According to the CDC, maternal mortality rates rose by 26 percent in the U.S. between 2000 and 2014. These deaths are preventable, and they should not be happening in 2018. So to combat this alarming trend, 33 States have established maternal mortality review committees made up of healthcare professionals who review individual maternal deaths and then recommend policy decisions.

Our bill provides Federal support for these committees and supports efforts to standardize them. It has 190 cosponsors. It has received support from 90 national public health organizations.

It is really a great example of how the Energy and Commerce Committee works in a bipartisan way. So I thank everybody for being here and thank the chairman for his comity.

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