On the recordOctober 7, 2015
I thank my good friend from New York. Mr. Speaker, this is the fourth time in less than 1 month that I have been compelled to voice my opposition to a measure attacking women's health care. This is just what Congress does not need, another polarizing battle in Congress. I have been on the Energy and Commerce Committee for 20 years, and this is the wrong thing to do. This is just absolutely the wrong thing to do. The American public wants to see us pass a budget, a transportation bill, keep the government open, do the Export-Import Bank and other things that are important. What are we doing, getting into another political brawl? We don't need another committee like Benghazi, which should be abolished. The Washington Post reported last week that more Americans have supported continued Federal funding for Planned Parenthood than opposed it in every single public survey taken this year. I don't want to infringe on women's rights to choose whatever is right between them, their doctor, their family, and their God, and I don't think Congress should either. My friends on the other side of the aisle talk about wanting smaller government. I don't want government to be so big that it intrudes on women's privacy and women's health. This is ill-thought and should be defeated.
