[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 133 (Wednesday, September 16, 2015)]
[House]
[Pages H5986-H5987]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                    GOP SHUTDOWN/PLANNED PARENTHOOD

  (Ms. ADAMS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. ADAMS. Mr. Speaker, once again, Republicans are threatening to 
shut down our government.
  Instead of passing a sensible funding bill or a long-term 
transportation bill that will create jobs, Republicans have chosen to 
put jobs at risk. They have chosen to weaken security at our airports. 
They have chosen to close our national parks. They pretty much have 
chosen not to serve their constituents back home.
  And it is for what reason? It is because they are so determined to 
regulate women's bodies and block women's right to access preventive 
and lifesaving health care that they would rather throw Americans under 
the bus.
  Last year alone, in my State of North Carolina, Planned Parenthood 
served more than 31,000 patients, providing mammograms, pap smears, 
cancer screenings, contraceptive services, and STD testing.
  Why would we want to deny women, many who are low income, of these

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necessary health benefits? Women's access to health care has always 
been important to me, and that is why I am a consistent advocate for 
the work that Planned Parenthood does.
  More importantly, I refuse to put jobs and our country's safety at 
risk over partisan grandstanding. Only 7 days left--it is time to do 
what we were sent here to do and end this senseless shutdown talk.

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