Political Quotes

“Look, this bill is very simple. This bill just says that States actually can be partners with the Federal Government and Medicaid. The Federal Government, the Secretary of HHS, doesn't get to tell a State which providers they think are inadequate-- yes, inadequate. Planned Parenthood is not a comprehensive health provider in my district. In the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland, they closed the Planned Parenthood in April and said on the Web site: ``You can get services Monday through Friday at the center in Easton, 45 minutes up the road.'' Madam Speaker, if you go up the road today, they are closed. In fact, the center in Easton, funded with Federal dollars, is open 2 days a week. That clinic is empty the rest of the time. Federal dollars are paying for an empty clinic that doesn't deliver comprehensive care. Madam Speaker, you may have heard somewhere that Planned Parenthood provides mammograms. Nonsense. Even Planned Parenthood executives say they don't have a mammogram machine in the entire system. They don't provide mammograms. The only method for breast cancer screening that actually results in decreased deaths from breast cancer, the only method--mammograms--they don't even provide at Planned Parenthood. They say: Oh, but you can be referred. Actually, Madam Speaker, the law is you don't need a referral for a mammogram screening. That is the law. You don't need a referral.…”