Patricia Schroeder: “Mr. Chairman, I must say I cannot believe what Richard Nixon would think if he were here tonight to watch this program…”

“Mr. Chairman, I must say I cannot believe what Richard Nixon would think if he were here tonight to watch this program that he really tried to utilize to build a bridge, to build a bridge over an issue that people hate. We all hate the abortion issue. But people constantly say the solution is family planning, and title X is family planning, and states are allowed to get title X funds. But if you flip it the way they are trying to go, what you are really going to say is states are going to be able to take the funds and decide not to spend them for family planning if they opt to do that. That is wrong. The recipients of this planning, family planning in title X, are women, tax paying American Women. We have heard all sorts of outrageous charges on this floor that title X has caused teen pregnancy. Please, no. Title 10 funds are given under state funds and they are not given without family permission and whatever the state law says. Mr. Chairman, let us be sensible. Let us vote for the Greenwood-Lowey amendment.”