Kathy Castor: “Again, the videos keep being referenced here on the floor. I want Members to understand, I want the American public to…”

“Again, the videos keep being referenced here on the floor. I want Members to understand, I want the American public to understand that the first four short videos released on YouTube have 40 separate splices and edits that remove crucial context. They remove exculpatory statements like, ``Nobody should be selling tissue; that is not the goal here,'' and, ``This is not a service they should be making money from. It is something they should be able to offer to their patients in a way that doesn't impact them,'' or, ``We are not looking to make money from this. Our goal is to keep access available.'' In one of the videos there are at least 16 substantial unexplained edits, including the removal of nine instances where Planned Parenthood staff said there is no profit related to tissue donation. Doesn't that seem misleading and fundamentally dishonest to remove statements like that, and then base a smear campaign and bring it to the floor of the United States Congress for policymaking? I think so. That is why these videos have been denounced across the country by independent editorial writers. They have called them distorted and unfair, dishonest, grossly misleading, and politically irresponsible and swift boating. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Payne), my friend”