WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess M.D. (R-TX) today released the following statements after President Trump signed H.R. 315, the Improving Access to Maternity Care Act, authored by #SubHealth Chairman Burgess, into law. The legislation helps to better identify areas in the nation with shortages in maternity care.
“With the president’s signature yesterday, we are one step closer to guaranteeing every woman has access to safe and quality maternity care," said Chairman Walden. “This legislation will better identify areas in the nation where there are serious maternity care shortages and seek to eliminate those gaps. I commend Health Subcommittee Chairman Burgess for his dedication to providing expectant mothers the care they and their babies need."
“As a father, an OB/GYN, and Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, I am thrilled that President Trump has signed my Improving Access to Maternity Care Act into law, delivering on our promises to America’s mothers," said #SubHealth Chairman Burgess. “It is imperative that patients have quality, consistent access to maternity care - regardless of where they live. Expanding access to maternity care has been one of my top priorities since I left practice to serve the 26th District of Texas, and this lifesaving law is a big win for our nation’s mothers and the physicians who care for them."
