[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Pages 18578-18579]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   DENY FUNDING TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. The time has come to deny any and all funding to Planned 
Parenthood of America. The largest abortion provider in America should 
not also be the largest recipient of Federal funding under title X.
  Today, I filed an amendment to block any funds under title X in the 
Labor-HHS Appropriations bill from going to Planned Parenthood again. 
It's the same amendment that was supported by 189 bipartisan Members in 
the year 2007, and I'm confident it would enjoy broad support again.
  The Pence amendment would simply prevent funds under title X from 
going to Planned Parenthood. It would not reduce the total amount of 
funds available for ethical family planning services.
  The truth is, title X clinics do important work in the underserved 
communities around this country. A number of federally funded clinics 
across the Nation offer beneficial services, including patient 
counseling, breast cancer screening, and ethical family planning.
  By contrast, Planned Parenthood's annual report reports that it 
received $350 million in revenue from government grants and contracts. 
In the same

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annual report, they boast 305,000 abortions provided.
  Title X money should go to meet the underserved community, not to 
provide offsetting resources for the largest abortion provider in 
America.

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