[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 23888]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS

  Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I strongly oppose coercive abortion or 
involuntary sterilization, and was pleased that the fiscal year 2008 
Foreign Operations Appropriations bill included a provision prohibiting 
U.S. funds from going to any organization or program that directly 
supports such horrific practices. Unfortunately, the amendment offered 
by Senator Brownback undermined this provision by allowing the 
President to deny funds to any organization or program that he claims 
supports such practices. This administration has misused similar 
language to deny resources to the United Nations Population Fund simply 
because this agency has programs in China, where the government 
practices coercive abortions to enforce its one child policy. In fact, 
however, the UNFPA's program in China is specifically designed to 
pressure the Chinese to end the use of coercive tactics, and this 
amendment would undermine the good work that the UNFPA does.

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