Chris Smith: “Doug LaMalfa is the distinguished gentleman representing California's First District. He serves on the Committees on…”

“Doug LaMalfa is the distinguished gentleman representing California's First District. He serves on the Committees on Agriculture and Natural Resources. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. LaMalfa). Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from New Jersey (Mr. Smith) and the rest of my colleagues who have spoken up here as well. This is a great opportunity to, I think, shed light on some truth on what this really means with title X, what has gone on in the last couple decades, really. The proposed Protect Life Rule used to be the way of doing business in this country for the way funding would be directed to those providing health services. In recent years, a significant portion of that has been now allowed to go towards those who are providing abortions. A key element to always remember is abortion is not family planning. This rule we are talking about here that I urge President Trump to move forward with would draw, indeed, a very bright line between abortion and family planning, as was clearly intended in the statute. Currently, 266 Planned Parenthood abortion centers are also funded under Federal title X locations. So what is the general opinion of the public on this? Nearly two- thirds of Americans do not believe that their dollars should be funding abortions. America's taxpayers don't want this. They don't want to be complicit in it. They don't want to be a part of it. So what is the effect?…”