“House Republicans Would Like Toasters and Microwaves To Have More Rights Than Women in This Country”

Rep. Judy Chu (Photo – house.gov)

During the House of Representatives Floor debate on Tuesday, April, 2024, Rep. Judy Chu (CA-28) spoke out against the Republican majority’s rule for H.R. 6192, Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act, and offered to substitute H.R. 12, the Women’s Health Protection Act in its place.

By News Desk

Judy Chu said, “Mr. Speaker, the legislation this body brings to the floor each week speaks volumes about our priorities. House Democrats are defending our fundamental freedoms by fighting back against extreme MAGA Republican attacks on abortion care and fertility services like IVF. The majority believes that rather than protecting the rights of women in this country, it’s essential that we protect the so-called rights of home appliances.”

“The difference could not be starker. In a time of unrelenting attacks on reproductive rights, when 21 states have bans that either fully or partially ban abortion access, House Republicans have chosen to do nothing. They’ve chosen to pretend that women are not dying, that they are not being forced to carry unwanted pregnancies. They are doing nothing to protect IVF, or birth control. Instead, they are bringing up a rule today to consider legislation to ‘protect’ home appliances. It seems that House Republicans would like toasters and microwaves to have more rights than women in this country.”

House Democratic Leader Hakim Jeffries took to the Floor shortly after to similarly denounce the priorities of House Republicans.

Republicans refused to defeat the previous question and bring up the Women’s Health Protection Act, by a party-line vote of 204-200.

Rep. Chu’s remarks can be viewed below: