[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 147 (Tuesday, October 4, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H6522]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              LABOR-HHS EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS CONCERNS

  (Mrs. CAPPS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to express my deep concern over the 
Labor-HHS Education appropriations draft posted last week by the 
majority. Not only did this action circumvent the procedures of the 
House and disregard the input of committee members, but the bill is 
misguided and dangerous for our Nation's families and economy.
  The draft eliminates the cost-effective Title X family planning 
program, blocks funds for evidence-based sex education programs to 
instead spend them on programs proven ineffective and discriminatory, 
and, again, threatens to shut down the government over Planned 
Parenthood.
  This plan harms our health care workforce by slashing the job-
creating National Health Service Corps program by 55 percent and making 
steep reductions to the Community Health Center program. And it wipes 
out the successful Senior Corps and AmeriCorps programs that not only 
provide jobs, but also critical low-cost services to our families and 
seniors.
  The list goes on, but the theme is the same we've seen all year: The 
majority is more interested in putting ideology over common sense and 
partisanship over people's needs.

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