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Departments Of Labor, Health And Human Services, And Education, And Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010

Floor Speech

Date: July 24, 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Labor Unions Health and Health Care Education

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Mrs. SCHMIDT. Mr. Chair, I rise today in strong support of the Pence amendment. Recent polls indicate that a majority of Americans are opposed to paying for abortions through their tax dollars. This amendment offered by Mr. Pence simply brings the Federal family planning funds in line with the sentiment of the majority of Americans. From 2007 to 2008, Planned Parenthood, our Nation's largest abortion provider, received almost $350 million of our American taxpayer dollars. The fiction that we try to create when we say that these funds are not directly going for abortion is disingenuous at best.

I urge my colleagues to support the Pence amendment today and deny Title X funds for Planned Parenthood.

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