[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 129 (Friday, August 4, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1641]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


  DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND 
               RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1996

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                               speech of

                         HON. ENID G. WALDHOLTZ

                                of utah

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, August 2, 1995

       The House in Committee of the Whole House on the State of 
     the Union had under consideration the bill (H.R. 2127) making 
     appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
     Services, and Education, and related agencies, for the fiscal 
     year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes:

  Mrs. WALDHOLTZ. Mr. Chairman, I am voting against the Kolbe-Lowey-
Morella amendment to strike language in the Labor-HHS-Education 
appropriations bill allowing States to eliminate Medicaid funding for 
abortions for rape and incest because I believe that decisions on the 
use of State funds should be left to State governments.
  However, I also firmly believe that women who are faced with deciding 
whether to end a pregnancy that is the product of rape or incest should 
not be forced to base their decision on their ability to pay.
  Accordingly, while I respect and acknowledge the right of States to 
determine how to spend their funds, without Federal mandates, I 
strongly urge the State of Utah and other States to provide funding for 
abortions for victims of rape and incest who cannot afford to pay for 
themselves.


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