[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 33]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           PLANNED PARENTHOOD

  (Mrs. LAWRENCE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. LAWRENCE. Mr. Speaker, we have barely started 2016 and here we 
are, about to take our 62nd vote to dismantle the Affordable Care Act 
and facing the 11th attack on women's health care in the 114th 
Congress. Defunding Planned Parenthood and dismantling the ACA will rob 
hardworking Americans of affordable family planning, and it will strip 
life-saving cancer screenings away from millions of women across the 
country.
  As Congress, we haven't taken 62 votes to improve women's health and 
access to healthcare programs for women and seniors. The 114th Congress 
hasn't declared war on the appalling lack of healthcare, nutrition, and 
mental health programs.
  But here we are again, wasting valuable tax dollars in order to 
rehash the ideology of a loud few, one that hurts women and our most 
vulnerable of constituents. This is just a sad and shameful day.
  Congress, this must stop.

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