[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 13100]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           PLANNED PARENTHOOD

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, on an entirely different matter, the 
ongoing revelations about Planned Parenthood are more than just 
disturbing. They literally shock the conscience. A Democratic colleague 
called them ``very troubling,'' ``extremely troubling,'' and ``highly 
troubling.''
  Next week, every Member of his party will have a chance to join us in 
reaffirming the Senate's commitment to genuine compassion and to 
women's health. We introduced legislation last night that would ensure 
taxpayer dollars for women's health are spent on women's health, not a 
scandal-plagued political lobbying giant.
  It is a simple choice: Senators can either vote to protect women's 
health or they can vote to protect subsidies for a political group 
mired in scandal.
  I know Planned Parenthood's entrenched lobbyists have been close 
allies of Democrats in recent years, but this moment calls for Senators 
to rise higher and to think bigger.
  Let's not filibuster women's health in order to protect special 
subsidies for one scandal-plagued political organization. Why don't we 
join together instead to bring something positive to the American 
people from a terrible situation.

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