[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 14995]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           PLANNED PARENTHOOD

  (Mr. KILDEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I am here because I stand with the majority 
of Americans who support Planned Parenthood and the lifesaving 
preventative healthcare services that they provide each year to 
millions of women, to men, to families all across this country. In 
fact, a new poll shows that nearly 7 in 10 Americans, 69 percent, 
oppose shutting down the Federal Government as a means of defunding 
Planned Parenthood. Shutting down the government, we know, puts this 
American economy at risk, and it is no way to govern.
  But there is only 1 legislative day left before another GOP-
engineered shutdown. Republicans are so focused on defunding Planned 
Parenthood, in fact, they are so focused on fighting one another, that 
they can't fight for hardworking Americans who are simply looking for 
their government to address the problems and concerns and the 
priorities that the American people sent us here to address.
  Americans overwhelmingly want both parties to work together, to find 
solutions to the big problems we face in this country. I call on this 
Congress to set aside these petty fights and get to the work that the 
American people sent us here to do.

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