14 Ways Congressmen Have Failed Us This Year — So Far

Republican Representative Pete Olson’s knowledge about biology isn’t great, as he tried to explain why he believed the Senate healthcare bill shouldn’t require men to pay for prenatal and maternity care. In an interview on June 23, Olson said, “We have what's called an X chromosome . . . which means we can't have a baby. Why do we have to pay for that coverage we can't use?" First of all, it’s the Y chromosome that causes men to be unable to have children, not the X. And second of all, it requires a man and a woman to create a baby.