Political Quotes

“This past December, our past President finalized a rule requiring States to fund Planned Parenthood through title X funding. Today I rise as a cosponsor of and in support of this joint resolution, H.J. Res. 43, which repeals this Obama rule and allows States like mine, Kansas, to choose how to best allocate title X funds. The Obama rule is yet another example of government overreach that tries to force my State to fund Planned Parenthood. Redirecting Federal funds away from abortion providers does not reduce funds for other title X programs. Instead, this will allow even more funding available for county health departments and other public health clinics for family planning, sexually transmitted disease testing, and lifestyle choices education. While Planned Parenthood remains a political organization that spent tens of thousands of dollars in the last election to oppose pro-life candidates, let me stop and salute the nurses and social workers back home at the Barton County Health Department where I worked for years, and salute my fellow doctors, Dr. Perry Smith and Dr. Bill King, and everyone's favorite nurse practitioner, Sheila Hein, who dedicated themselves to helping women. Ms. DeGETTE. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Lowey). =========================== NOTE =========================== February 16, 2017, on page H1270, the following appeared: . . .…”