Mary Gay Scanlon: “The fact remains that under Democratic leadership, the House did pass budget bills. It passed the actual bills. What we…”

“The fact remains that under Democratic leadership, the House did pass budget bills. It passed the actual bills. What we are seeing here is a string of MAGA bills being brought to the floor and not passing and not leading to an eventual budget, so we keep ending up in this Mobius loop of potential shutdowns. The bills that we have seen so far will not result in a budget. Mr. Speaker, if we defeat the previous question, I will offer an amendment to the rule to make in order amendment No. 81, offered by Ranking Member DeLauro from the Appropriations Committee, which strikes section 239 of the bill, which prohibits funding to Planned Parenthood and other similar women's health organizations. Mr. Speaker, when will Republicans in the House learn? The American people want them to stop trying to tell women what they can do with their bodies. At the ballot box, in Congress, in State legislatures, women want them to stop. Republican politicians have no place dictating decisions about women's reproductive health. These decisions should be made between a woman and her doctor. This MAGA messaging bill callously prohibits funding to an organization that provides many different health resources to women across the country. I, myself, used Planned Parenthood when planning my family.…”