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LEE: "Madam Speaker I was a staffer on Capitol Hill when Hyde Amendment was first passed and I remember the days very clearly of back alley abortions. Clearly Republicans are trying to take us back to the days when women died from unsafe abortions in this country. That's why I offered an amendment that would have recognize that women, not employers, or politicians have the right to make their own health choices. Shamefully, the Rules Committee refused to make it in order and allow for debate. Madam Speaker women should be able to make their own decisions about reproductive health care including abortions without members of Congress or employers interfering."