Beth Van Duyne: “This is about taxpayer-funded abortions, something that has been prevented for five decades. In fact, the Hyde amendment…”

“This is about taxpayer-funded abortions, something that has been prevented for five decades. In fact, the Hyde amendment was upheld by the Supreme Court even under Roe v. Wade. This is not a change in policy. This is continuing policies that have been supported by both Democrats and Republicans. I ask my kind colleagues to tell me, please, how supporting and paying out of DOD funds for a woman to travel across the country to get an abortion has anything to do with protecting our national security. With already stretched DOD resources, to underwrite abortions through funding for flights and hotels, it is simply pandering to the abortion lobby and does nothing to increase our national security. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.”