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Exposing What Dems Voted For: $85 Million To Address Climate Change's "Impact" on Pregnant, Lactating, or Postpartum "Individuals"

TOPLINE: Whip Scalise is committed to exposing President Biden and Congressional Democrats’ giveaways to radical special interest groups and the far-left provisions buried in their 2,135-page big government tax-and-spending spree that they rushed through the House of Representatives. There are many “hidden gems” that Democrats handed the socialists, and Whip Scalise will continue to highlight them.   $85 Million To Address Climate Change's "Impact" on Pregnant, Lactating, or Postpartum "Individuals"   Section 31038 allocates $85 million in grants to support the education and training of doctors, nurses, and healthcare workers to identify and address the “health risks associated with climate change for pregnant, lactating, and postpartum individuals.”  

  President Biden and Speaker Pelosi are more focused on enacting their radical Green New Deal agenda instead of reducing inflation, lowering energy costs, stopping illegal immigrants from crossing our border, or fixing the supply chain crisis. Spending $85 million to find a connection between climate change and its impact on mothers and pregnant women is just another example of Democrats spending taxpayer money on everything but the things that matter to the American people.   Democrats are incredibly out of touch. They can't even use the word "women" in their bill text. They have to resort to referring to mothers and expecting mothers as "individuals."  

  BOTTOM LINE: At a time when moms and dads are struggling to put food on the table and heat their homes, President Biden and Speaker Pelosi want to fund pet projects like this $85 million program that would do nothing to alleviate the inflation caused by their radical agenda.