ELIZABETH WARREN TAKES REPUBLICANS TO TASK FOR TRYING TO DENY WOMEN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE: AUGUST 3, 2015

"Do you have any idea what year it is?" Warren asks on the Senate floor. "Did you fall down, hit your head, and think you woke up in the 1950's or the 1890's?"

The Senate had convened to vote on a bill seeking to defund Planned Parenthood. Senator Warren took the Republicans to task in a fierce defense of the health organization. Fortunately the Senate blocked this bill, but this could set the stage for the Republicans to try again this fall.

Listen to the rest of Warren's impassioned speech as she defends women's rights to reproductive health care.


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