We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all--[all]--
     men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator
     with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life,
     Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.

  May the day soon come when we fully live up to that creed.
  I yield the floor.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

              Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, with their dreadful, horrific Dobbs
decision 4 years ago today, six far-right wing MAGA Justices broke
nearly 50 years of precedent to rip the right to choose away from
millions--millions--of American women.
  You can sum up both the dreadful Dobbs decision and the whole far-
right philosophy the same way: less freedom in your life; more
government interference in your personal decisions. That is the MAGA
way.
  Dobbs will go down as one of the most damaging, legally dubious, and
deeply out-of-touch Supreme Court decisions in American history. It is
a disgrace that the Supreme Court did it. It is a disgrace on the
Supreme Court itself.
  Trump may not like talking about his crusade against women's
reproductive rights, but he cannot hide from the pain he has inflicted
on women across America. Mr. President, 20 States--20--have enacted
total or near-total abortion bans, which means that nearly 40 percent
of women of reproductive age live in a State with an abortion ban.
  The human cost of the Republican assault on women's reproductive
freedom is sickening. I have heard so many women share their stories of
the horrors they have experienced in Trump's post-Roe America.
  Republicans are letting women die by restricting necessary care. Some
women have to travel hundreds of miles--even thousands--to get the
treatment they need and deserve and are entitled to. Parents, patients,
and doctors have been punished like violent criminals for lifesaving
procedures that were legal just a few years ago and had been for
decades before that.
  The GOP is treating mifepristone like it is poison and Planned
Parenthood like it is an enemy of the State. It is despicable.
  Even before the Justices behind Dobbs were confirmed, anyone could
see they wanted to overturn Roe. Every Republican Senator, who voted to
confirm these radical Justices who stripped away these fundamental
rights to choose that women have had for so long, will have to answer
to the American people.

  We will not--we Democrats--will not let Republicans brush their
radical efforts to ban abortion under the rug. The American people know
it, and we are going to keep showing the difference between the two
parties on this issue when the American people are strongly on our
side.

                            Rural Healthcare

  Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, as a physician, I want Americans to get
the care they need from doctors they choose at prices they can afford.
That is what I thought in my entire time of practicing medicine in
Wyoming and now as a U.S. Senator; and where a person lives should not
determine whether

they have access to high-quality medical care.
  So I practiced medicine in Wyoming for 24 years. At the Wyoming
Medical Center, I was the chief of staff of the hospital and was
president of the State medical society, and taking care of patients
continues to guide my work here in the U.S. Senate.
  Wyoming is a rural State, as is the Presiding Officer's. Rural
Americans deserve access to local care that is affordable, reliable,
and high quality. For years, the options for people in many small
communities have been shrinking. Why is that? Because of the passage of
the Obama healthcare law. ObamaCare accelerated the rural healthcare
crisis with there being hospitals closing all across the country. Since
ObamaCare became law 15 years ago, over 100 rural hospitals across our
Nation have closed. It is yet another broken promise from the failure
of the Obama healthcare law, known as ObamaCare.
  Rural America deserves a better approach. That is why, 1 year ago,
Republicans passed a $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Fund. The
Rural Health Transformation Fund is a crucial piece of the Working
Families Tax Cut law. It was designed to overcome the failed, one-size-
fits-all Washington approach to healthcare. It partners with
communities to invest in the services that they need. The Rural Health
Transformation Fund is the largest Federal investment in rural
healthcare in our Nation's history. Every State in America is now
receiving the first round of funding under this new program.
  The true power of this investment goes beyond the historic size and
scope. Fundamentally, it is about delivering care to people where and
when they need it the most. The Federal Government is too large to know
the unique needs of every community. Rural solutions come from the
States, they come from the local communities, they come from the local
healthcare providers, not from Washington, DC. The Rural Health
Transformation Fund is built on this simple idea. It gives States the
resources and the flexibility they need to invest in the services that
the communities need and that will work for them.
  In Wyoming, we have received over $200 million this year from the
Rural Health Transformation Fund, and more funding will follow over the
next 5 years. We are using it to strengthen and expand access to care
in every corner of our State. We are supporting rural hospitals and
clinics. We are embracing new technologies. We are bringing quality
care closer to home.
  At the same time, we are investing in our healthcare workforce. High-
quality care starts with highly trained doctors, nurses, and other
healthcare professionals. Wyoming has a long and successful track
record of investing in our healthcare professionals. The Rural Health
Transformation Fund allows us to build on that success.
  We also know that the best treatment is often prevention. Preventive
medicine can lead to healthier lives, it helps to lower costs, it
teaches healthy habits from a young age. That is why Wyoming is
investing in prevention. We are making sure the Food Stamp Program
focuses on healthy nutrition. We are bringing back Presidential fitness
tests in schools across the State. This helps children grow up
healthier and reduces the long-term burden of chronic diseases.
  These are practical and commonsense steps, and they have a clear
goal. That goal is to help Wyoming families live healthier lives and to
make healthcare more affordable.
  I want to thank Dr. Oz and Gov. Mark Gordon. You know, Dr. Oz leads
the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. He and his team have
worked closely with Gov. Mark Gordon of Wyoming and his team. Together,
they have developed an innovative plan that is tailored to Wyoming's
unique needs.
  Every single Democrat in Congress--every single one of them--voted
against the Rural Health Transformation Fund, and that is not bad
enough. One thing that was bad is they voted against it, and then they
came to the floor and later voted to eliminate it--to eliminate it--to
strangle the money that is going out to these communities all across
the country. They said: No, we don't want it to go out.
  Why? Why did they vote to cut $50 billion from rural healthcare
hospitals?
  It is because they wanted to pay for healthcare for illegal
immigrants. That is their mindset. Look at what happened in New York
yesterday with the primary elections: open borders, eliminate ICE,
focus on giving services to illegal immigrants--people who are in the
country illegally.
  How do they want to pay for all this?
  The Democrats in the Senate say: Well, let's eliminate the rural
healthcare plan.
  That is the approach of every Democrat in the Senate and, apparently,
of a lot of the Democrats, if not all, who are running to serve in this
body.
  Democrats voted to weaken healthcare for law-abiding American
citizens in order to expand healthcare for illegal immigrants. That is
a fundamental difference in a mentality and in an approach--and is a
concern for American citizens. So just remember that when Democrats
come and talk about healthcare. It is not necessarily healthcare for
you or your family; it is healthcare for illegal immigrants.
  Republicans are reversing the damage done by ObamaCare which, to
repeat, forced the closure of over 100 small community hospitals around
the country. Republicans are putting rural communities first, and we
are going to continue to do that.
  I yield the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Nebraska.