[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13018]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   PROTECTING LIFE AND TAXPAYERS ACT

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, last week, I joined 64 of my House colleagues 
in cosponsoring legislation that would permanently cut off taxpayer 
funding for abortion providers.
  H.R. 3197, the Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act, would prohibit 
Federal funding to any entity unless it certifies that it will not 
perform abortions during the period for which funding is provided, and 
it will not provide any funds to entities that do perform abortions.
  There are currently restrictions that prohibit the use of taxpayer 
dollars to fund elective abortion directly, but we all understand that 
money is fungible. It is clear that Federal funds are supporting 
organizations' entire operations and that those operations include 
performing elective abortions.
  This legislation reflects the will of the American people and would 
prevent taxpayers from being forced to finance thousands of elective 
abortions.
  Few things demean the sanctity of human life more than elective 
abortion, and we, as a Nation and as a Congress, must continue to 
confront the systematic extermination of an entire generation of the 
most vulnerable among us.
  Mr. Speaker, I will enter into the Record a recent article by Charles 
Krauthammer: ``The Price of Fetal Parts.''

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