On the recordOctober 7, 2015
Let me thank the gentlewoman for yielding and for your tremendous leadership on this vital issue and so many issues. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to H. Res. 461, which really is nothing more than a politically motivated bill. It would establish a select Energy and Commerce Committee to so-call investigate Planned Parenthood. How outrageous. Let's be clear. This is nothing more than yet another attempt to attack Planned Parenthood and undermine a woman's right to choose. There have already been multiple hearings and committee investigations, none of which have resulted in any evidence of wrongdoing, and this shameful resolution is the fourth anti-choice vote we have had to take in the last month alone. Mr. Speaker, enough is enough. We know that Planned Parenthood centers are critical to the health of women all across the country. One in five women have used Planned Parenthood services at some point in her lifetime for vital services like birth control, lifesaving cancer screenings, and STI screenings. Continuing attempts to restrict access to these health services would hurt our most vulnerable women, including low-income women and women of color. You want to restrict access to family planning, and you want to restrict access to safe and legal abortions. Come on. It is time to stop this war on women.
