[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 14 (Wednesday, January 21, 2026)]
[House]
[Page H1126]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    FUNDING CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTERS

  (Ms. Dexter of Oregon was recognized to address the House for 5 
minutes.)
  Ms. DEXTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to the 
proposal Republicans voted on to take money from families in need and 
divert it to anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers.
  As a medical doctor, I want to be crystal clear. Crisis pregnancy 
centers are not medical facilities. They do not even have to employ 
licensed medical professionals.
  Women who seek help at these centers routinely report being misled, 
pressured, or given false information during one of the most vulnerable 
periods in their lives.
  Democrats offered commonsense amendments that would have required 
facilities receiving these Federal funds to provide medically accurate 
information. That should not be too much to ask. Republicans rejected 
those amendments.
  The American people deserve to know exactly what that means: 
Republicans are knowingly funding centers that do not have to uphold 
basic medical standards, and they are doing it at the expense of 
families who are already struggling.
  Let us not ignore the cruelty of the timing. The day before the 
anniversary of Roe v. Wade, which Trump gutted, Republicans are making 
it even harder for women to get honest information to make decisions 
about their own bodies.

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