Unfortunately, the Obama administration puts its own abortion-centered ideology ahead of women's health care. I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Tennessee (Mrs. Black), an outstanding leader on this issue.
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I am very pleased at this time to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Boehner), our Speaker, who deserves a lot of credit in coming up with this bipartisan compromise.
The Hyde language does not apply to ObamaCare. There is not one sentence in this 2,700-page bill. Read the bill. It applies to Medicaid and to annually appropriated programs.
I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. Harper), an outstanding member of the Energy and Commerce Committee and a good advocate on health issues.
Again, on the so-called compromise, I offered the Hyde language in the committee, and we won in a bipartisan vote. Chairman Waxman recessed, changed the votes, stripped it out, and brought it to the floor without Hyde. I was involved in…
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