Chris Van Hollen: “I heard the word ``bullying'' used. It is ironic that that word would be used in a vote that would deny 22 million…”

“I heard the word ``bullying'' used. It is ironic that that word would be used in a vote that would deny 22 million Americans access to affordable health care. Again, I want to underscore for our colleagues, some of whom may not have read the Congressional Budget Office's report, that this comes from the nonpartisan entity that advises both parties in Congress. In fact, the head of the Congressional Budget Office was appointed by our Republican colleagues. It is they who are telling us that, with this vote, 22 million Americans would be denied access to affordable health care. That seems to qualify as bullying if anything does. Mr. Speaker, let's review the situation with respect to Planned Parenthood. This Republican-controlled House had its standing committees investigate Planned Parenthood, including the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. They had hearings, and they hauled up the head of Planned Parenthood to some of these hearings. At the end of those hearings, the Republican chairman of that committee concluded that Planned Parenthood had engaged in no wrongdoing. He said that on national television. Despite that finding, back in January, our Republican colleagues went ahead and launched this attack on women's reproductive health and defund Planned Parenthood. That was bad enough. Since that time, we have had even more evidence.…”