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On the recordAugust 3, 2015
I wish to be able to continue this conversation because it is extremely important that we continue this as a nation. I wish to make a couple of comments to you as well. I am a dad with two daughters. I had something to do with the birth as well and was also there. I was there during the sonograms. My wife and I are extremely close. As a dad of two daughters, I am very passionate--not only about my own wife but about my mom, who is a cancer survivor. She is a multiple-time cancer survivor. I am passionate about my daughters having every single opportunity. So this is important to us as well. This is not just a women's issue. This is a men's issue as well because this is a family issue, and families are extremely important to all of us. But I would say that community health centers don't serve 3.2 million people, like Planned Parenthood. Community health centers serve 23 million people around the country. There are around 650 Planned Parenthood locations around the country. There are 9,000 community health centers around the country. The Planned Parenthood facilities refer people to go get breast cancer screenings. The community health centers actually do that testing there. They actually do the mammograms there and not just say that you should get one. So this is about women's health. It is also about the efficiency of what we are going to be about. I would also say one other thing on this issue about ObamaCare and the community health centers.…
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma
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Aug 3, 2015

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