Jackie Speier: “I think that, Mr. Chairman, we might need to have a subsequent hearing on this because it is pretty serious.”

Words matter, and Members of Congress who speak in those kinds of terms should be called out.

I thank the gentlewoman for her powerful comments. On top of everything else, we passed one law which was the Hyde amendment, that said you can't use Federal funds for medical abortions, so Medicaid was not made available for that purpose…

We must restore local control to the community.

I'm not going to sugarcoat this. This is a scandal, and it's one that each and every one of you need to take ownership of.