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NIH Implementing a Maternal Health and Pregnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone Act

2026-07-20 Issue 118 Showing 1–4 of 4

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Brett Guthrie

Republican

“I want to pass this bill. It will spend money on mothers and babies. The government will make a new program. That is my speech.”

Brett Guthrie

Republican

“I support this bill. It will spend money on mothers and babies. Many deaths and injuries can be prevented. The government will make a new program to study how. We should pass this bill. I yield back.”

Official Congressional Record

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 6238, led by my colleagues Representatives Underwood and Fitzpatrick, which authorizes the Implementing a Maternal health and PRegnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone Initiative within the National Institutes of Health. According to CDC estimates, more than 80 percent of the pregnancy- related deaths and roughly half of the severe maternal morbidity events could be prevented. That is why it is so essential for us to advance the IMPROVE Initiative, which supports research into identifying and reducing preventable causes of maternal death and ways to improve maternal health outcomes. Mr. Speaker, I encourage my colleagues to support this bill, and I reserve the balance of my time.

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Brett Guthrie

Republican

“I want to thank my colleagues. This is an important issue. We need to study this problem. I will let my friend speak.”

Brian K. Fitzpatrick

Republican

“I want this bill to pass so the government can claim it is helping mothers. The government must spend more money on research. We need to study this problem.”

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Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of our legislation, H.R. 6238, the NIH IMPROVE Act. Mr. Speaker, this critical legislation will ensure consistent funding for research on maternal care and mortality. So many maternal deaths in America are preventable. Addressing that reality demands research that is stable, long term, and grounded in measurable outcomes. The NIH IMPROVE Act locks in the dedicated funding that NIH's maternal health portfolio so desperately needs to track outcomes over time, evaluate what works in high-risk settings, and direct resources to the communities facing the greatest challenges. This bipartisan legislation strengthens a proven NIH initiative and ensures that mothers across our Nation will benefit from research that saves lives and improves care through the entire pregnancy journey. Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague Representative Underwood for her leadership on this critical piece of legislation to ensure that improvements to maternal health across our Nation continue and are strengthened. Mr. Speaker, I urge all of my colleagues to support this legislation, H.R. 6238.

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