[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4713]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                     INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING

  (Mrs. MALONEY of New York asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of 
international family planning. Today international guests from Kenya, 
Albania, Nigeria, Colombia, and Bangladesh will be visiting offices and 
participating in a forum cosponsored by the Congressional Caucus on 
Women'S Issues on why family planning matters.
  They will testify with personal stories from the field on how 
important family planning is in saving women's lives.
  In 1998, this body cut all U.S. funding for UNFPA and drastically cut 
USAID. Along with many of my colleagues, we fought back by introducing 
legislation to reinstate the U.S. contribution to UNFPA. We were 
successful last year in securing $25 million. This year it is time to 
go back to the future, back to 1995 levels for international family 
planning. I hope my colleagues will take advantage of our international 
guests visiting with us today and take the time to speak with them on 
what


family planning programs give to communities around the world.
  I hope they will support our bill H.R. 3634, the Saving Women's Lives 
Through International Family Planning Act.

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