Providing For Congressional Disapproval of Final Rule By Secretary of Health and Human Services

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Madam Speaker, I rise today to voice my strong support for H.J. Res 43, which would overturn the previous administration's title X family planning funding rule.

In December, the Obama administration finalized a misguided rule which dictates that States must send title X family planning grant money to abortion providers. Even more, this rule also threatens to deprive noncompliant States, such as Representative Black's home State of Tennessee, of all title X family planning funds.

This politically motivated requirement was made neither in the interest of protecting life, nor in the interest of the States.

Under the rule, States that decline to send title X funds to abortion clinics would lose their title X funding completely. If States make the decision they want to use their funding to affirm life, then they should be allowed to do so. This rule blatantly steps all over states' rights and goes out of its way to favor abortion providers at the same time.

Let's ensure States continue to have the freedom and flexibility to make the right decisions for themselves. That is exactly what I have advocated for my entire career, both in the Statehouse in Indiana and again here on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.

I express my strong support for the passage of H.J. Res. 43, introduced by Representative Black.

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