[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 13173-13174]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       DEFUND PLANNED PARENTHOOD

  (Mrs. BLACK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACK. Mr. Speaker, I stand here profoundly disappointed that 
the House will leave town today without taking a vote on my legislation 
to defund Planned Parenthood.
  Over the past 2 weeks, we have all seen the gruesome videos showing 
the heartless depravity of this organization. We have issued 
statements; we have made passionate floor speeches; and we have pledged 
action. Now our constituents would like to know when we are going to 
follow through on that promise.
  Today, I am reminded of the words of Dietrich Bonhoeffer: ``Silence 
in the face of evil is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak. Not to 
act is to act.''
  Mr. Speaker, we have a moral obligation to defund Planned Parenthood, 
and we must do it now--not when politicians and pundits think it is 
most politically expedient.

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