Political Quotes

On the recordMarch 21, 2010
Can you go home to tell your constituents with confidence that this bill respects the sanctity of all human life and that it -- it won't allow for taxpayer funding of abortions for the first time in 30 years. No, you cannot.

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Boehner challenges his colleagues on the implications of the health care bill regarding taxpayer funding for abortions.

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