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On the recordFebruary 10, 2015
There has been--not on the part of the Administration--an issue surrounding the misinterpretation of the Helms amendment that prohibits the use of funds for the performance of abortion as a method of family planning.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democratic · Florida

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Wasserman Schultz discusses concerns over the misinterpretation of the Helms amendment regarding abortion funding.

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