And there are people each year whose health is really put at risk because they don't have access to that essential care after they give birth. So we have been pushing on this issue for a long time. There are enough co sponsors by far in the state assembly to get this bill [postpartum healthcare expansion] done, but it does not get brought to the floor. And that, of course, is Speaker Voss's decision. We attempted to pull a petition that would have forced a vote on this issue, and the speaker did move the bill … (02:35–02:43)
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Asserts that there are enough co-sponsors for the postpartum healthcare expansion bill, but it is not brought to the floor.
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