Frank Pallone: “I listened to the previous Republican speaker, and the deception that she poses to this Congress is unbelievable in my…”

“I listened to the previous Republican speaker, and the deception that she poses to this Congress is unbelievable in my opinion. First of all, she talks about these videos which we know have been misleading--edited, all kinds of changes have been made to them. The accuracy of them is totally unacceptable. They are not accurate. Then she says, well, just because they may be accurate that we should pass this bill defunding Planned Parenthood. Well, when did this Congress get into the business of saying, well, before we decided whether you have actually broken the law and before we have any evidence that you have done so, we are just going to shut you down? That is not the way we operate. That is not due process. That is not the American way. Then, Madam Speaker, she suggests that somehow this money is going to be given to other providers. I think she is probably talking about community health centers. Well, I will tell you, from my own experience with community health centers, that they don't have the ability to provide the women's health needs that are being proposed here that are actually provided by Planned Parenthood. That is not going to happen. Those women are going to be deprived of health care. So let's not continue with this deception about what is actually going on here. The Republicans just want to shut the government down if we don't defund Planned Parenthood. That is what they are all about.”