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Teresa Leger Fernandez: “What is worse is their bill blocks the Federal Government from monitoring States' use of TANF dollars for those…”

On the recordJanuary 21, 2026
What is worse is their bill blocks the Federal Government from monitoring States' use of TANF dollars for those anti-abortion clinics. They don't want accountability on those clinics. I would tell my Republican colleagues not to lecture us about waste, fraud, and abuse when they refuse to monitor anti-abortion clinics and when they stay silent when Trump pardons over 44 people convicted of fraud. That is a conviction of fraud, not just a suggestion. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to oppose this rule.
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Teresa Leger Fernandez
Democratic · New Mexico

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Opposing a bill that limits federal monitoring of TANF funds used for anti-abortion clinics.

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