[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14491]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                       FUNDING PLANNED PARENTHOOD

  (Mr. WILLIAMS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILLIAMS. Mr. Speaker, the question we must ask ourselves today 
in light of recent revelations: Why does Congress insist on giving half 
a billion dollars of the taxpayer money to an organization that has 
such disregard for human life?
  Considering the budget constraints currently imposed on our military, 
why are the American people's hard-earned money being diverted to 
Planned Parenthood, which reports more than $127 million in excess 
revenue and more than $1 billion in net assets?
  When I was back home in Texas during the August recess, I had the 
pleasure of visiting the Austin Pregnancy Resource Center, a model 
women's health organization that can and should lead by example.
  The APRC does a lot to support women's health and provide guidance on 
accessing women's health services. The APRC's slogan of building the 
culture of life is one that we should all be able to get behind, but 
there are many pro-life women's health organizations like APRC that 
take no Federal dollars.
  Even so, some of my colleagues prefer to continue to send taxpayer 
dollars to Planned Parenthood, an organization that takes in money from 
aborted fetal parts, an organization that alters abortion procedures so 
they can harvest organs, an organization that, frankly, rips off the 
Federal Government.
  Not only are the alleged actions of Planned Parenthood illegal under 
Federal law, they are morally reprehensible.
  I am disgusted that an organization that is involved in such 
repulsive activity would promote itself as a protector of women's 
health. It is beyond hypocritical. It is deceitful and I believe 
fraudulent.
  When I first ran for Congress, I promised that I would vote with my 
conscience and use God's word as my guide. For this reason, earlier I 
called for an end to Federal funding for Planned Parenthood.
  In God we trust.

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