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The House of Representatives passed a bill that aims to provide services for pregnant and post-partum veterans on Thursday in a bipartisan vote as the chamber approved a total of five bills relating to veterans.
The DOULA for VA Act of 2022 was approved by a vote of 376 to 44, while four other pieces of legislation designed to support and honor U.S. military veterans were also passed. Twelve members did not vote.
Forty-four Republican members of the House voted against the legislation, which had been introduced by Democratic Representative Brenda Lawrence and would require the secretary of veterans affairs "to establish a pilot program to furnish doula services to veterans."
The members who voted against the bill were:
- Jodey Arrington of Texas
- Dan Bishop of North Carolina
- Lauren Boebert of Colorado
- Tim Burchett of Tennessee
- Ben Cline of Virginia
- Michael Cloud of Texas
- Andrew Clyde of Georgia
- Eric Crawford of Arkansas
- Warren Davidson of Ohio
- Scott DesJarlais of Tennessee
- Neal Dunn of Florida
- Jake Ellzey of Texas
- Tom Emmer of Minnesota
- Pat Fallon of Texas
- Drew Ferguson of Georgia
- Brad Finstad of Minnesota
- Russ Fulcher of Idaho
- Louie Gohmert of Texas
- Bob Good of Virginia
- Lance Gooden of Texas
- Paul Gosar of Arizona
- Mark Green of Tennessee
- Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia
- Glenn Grothman of Wisconsin
- Andy Harris of Maryland
- Diana Harshbarger of Tennessee
- Yvette Herrell of New Mexico
- Jody Hice of Georgia
- Ronny Jackson of Texas
- Jim Jordan of Ohio
- John Joyce of Pennsylvania
- Brian Mast of Florida
- Troy Nehls of Texas
- Ralph Norman of South Carolina
- Scott Perry of Pennsylvania
- John Rose of Tennessee
- Matthew Rosendale of Montana
- Chip Roy of Texas
- Pete Sessions of Texas
- Gregory Steube of Florida
- Van Taylor of Texas
- Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey
- Beth Van Duyne of Texas
- Randy Weber of Texas
Lawrence, who introduced the bill, welcomed its passage in tweets on Thursday, saying: "This bill takes an important first step to strengthen maternal health care for veterans enrolled in the VA health care system. I urge the Senate to take swift action to solidify this necessary care for our veterans."
The four other veteran-related bills passed by the House on Thursday were the Commitment to Veteran Support and Outreach Act, the Mark O'Brien VA Clothing Allowance Improvement Act, a bill to designate the outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Greenville, South Carolina, as the "Lance Corporal Dana Cornell Darnell VA Clinic" and the Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act.
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