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On the recordAugust 3, 2015
I am tempted to say there they go again, because we have seen this attack on women's health care again and again and again. It is a very weak excuse to defund Planned Parenthood. We know 97 percent of Planned Parenthood's activities have nothing to do with abortion. Let's stand strong for women's health care to protect women against cancer, against hepatitis, against sexually transmitted diseases. Eighty percent of Planned Parenthood's clients have nowhere else to go for those vital services. We will not tolerate this attack on women's health care under the guise of stopping abortion. Mr. President, I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oklahoma.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut
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Aug 3, 2015

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