Michele Bachmann: “In Portland, Oregon, a planned 40,000-square-foot headquarters will include space for candidate forums and phone banks…”

“In Portland, Oregon, a planned 40,000-square-foot headquarters will include space for candidate forums and phone banks, as well as a clinic. Again, all paid for with an additional subsidy from the Federal and State taxpayer. Mr. Greenberg said donors were initially skeptical about the size and the $16.5 million cost, but eventually they came around because the building becomes "a symbol for our outreach and a symbol for our community activism." Madam Chair, it is clear after extensive study and review by this Wall Street Journal what we are seeing today is that Planned Parenthood is focused on political activity, and they are focused on becoming big business. When you have the executive director of Planned Parenthood in Illinois saying they want to become the LensCrafters of big abortion, I think we should listen to them. If they want to become the LensCrafters, then let them become the LensCrafters. As my colleague, Mr. Pence, said, abortion is legal today in the United States, but the taxpayers shouldn't have to support it. And if they want to become the LensCrafters, Planned Parenthood, a billion-dollar organization, should lose the $300 million they receive in Federal grants, and they should also have their tax-exempt status seriously studied by the Internal Revenue Service.”