[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14572]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  STOP PUTTING WOMEN'S HEALTH AT RISK

  (Ms. TSONGAS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. TSONGAS. Madam Speaker, we have less than 5 legislative days here 
in Washington before the end of this fiscal year, but instead of 
funding the government, House majority leadership is focused on 
defunding Planned Parenthood.
  For nearly a century, Planned Parenthood has been one of the Nation's 
leading providers of high quality, affordable health care for women. It 
has fundamentally changed attitudes towards women's reproductive 
freedom, which has been essential to women's health and given women 
more control over their health care decisions.
  One in five women has relied on a Planned Parenthood health center 
for care in her lifetime. They are often one of the few affordable 
places for women to turn when they are searching for care. Cutting 
Federal funds to Planned Parenthood means taking away money for 
cervical cancer screenings, breast care screenings, and other types of 
necessary care.
  Madam Speaker, I urge my friends on the other side of the aisle to 
come to the table and negotiate a way to fund the government and to 
stop these political games that put women's health at risk.

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