[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 134 (Thursday, September 17, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H6125]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
CONSTITUENTS SICKENED BY PLANNED PARENTHOOD VIDEOS
(Mr. PERRY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. PERRY. Mr. Speaker, debate over funding for Planned Parenthood
has nothing to do with women's health care. I think we have just heard
that on a couple counts.
Constituents on both sides are sickened and disgusted by the Planned
Parenthood videos, videos that show officials discussing the killing of
babies and harvesting of their organs like they were car parts out of a
salvage yard.
American taxpayers are the single largest funder of Planned
Parenthood, over $500 million last year alone. No American should ever
be forced, under penalty of imprisonment, mind you--if you don't pay
your taxes, you are going to go to jail--to support this activity with
their tax dollars, period.
I am a husband, a father to two little girls, a son, and a friend who
cares deeply about women's health care, everybody's health care. That
said, I cannot and I will not support the dismemberment and sale of the
body parts of infants.
I cannot in good conscience, I can't in any conscience, support
legislation that funds disgusting actions of those who conduct that
practice.
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