Sam Farr: “I don't think anybody on your side has read the bill. It doesn't do anything that you have talked about. It doesn't stop…”

“I don't think anybody on your side has read the bill. It doesn't do anything that you have talked about. It doesn't stop abortions. It doesn't stop any of those other issues that are already illegal. It does one thing: It shuts down Planned Parenthood clinics. I represent the largest affiliate of Planned Parenthood in the United States. And guess what. Twenty-two percent of the patients are men. So you are going to deny access not only to women, but to men. You say: ``Oh, we will shift the money somewhere else.'' There is nowhere else. These are the only clinics around in many of the communities. So what you are doing is taking this angry white man's caucus on the Republican side that have been for years trying to use this as a political issue, using a bill that says you are going to do all these things. It only does one thing: it penalizes Planned Parenthood. Penalizing Planned Parenthood penalizes us all. It is about access to health care, particularly, access to health care for women. Stop beating up on women. Stop trying to make this a political issue. The reason we haven't been able to legislate against abortion is because you can't find a law that can enforce it. This is really a moral issue and a medical issue that ought to be discussed with women and their doctors. Congress Members ought to stay out of this. We haven't been successful in solving these problems.…”