Recognizing the Significance of Community College Month in April

Floor Speech

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Mr. HAWLEY. Madam President, I call up my amendment No. 4794, and I ask that it be reported by number.

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Mr. HAWLEY. Madam President, this amendment poses a simple and direct question: Should we use Federal tax dollars to pay for transgender surgeries and treatments for minor children?

More specifically, should we divert money from Medicaid--a program that is dedicated to the most needy among us--and use it instead to pay for risky, dangerous, irreversible transgender drugs and surgeries for minor children?--because that is what has been happening.

For years, outfits like Planned Parenthood have gotten billions of dollars from Medicaid and Medicare--billions of dollars taken from the elderly, from the poor, from the needy--paid out to them which they can then use for transgender surgeries, treatments, and drugs for minor children. They proudly advertise it on their websites. One recent study found that, in 3 years alone, Planned Parenthood got $1.5 billion from Medicaid and Medicare--money to be used on these risky surgeries and procedures for our children.

This is wrong. This is a terrible misuse of Federal funds. We should put a stop to it today. I ask for a ``yes'' vote.

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Mr. HAWLEY. Madam President, under no circumstance should Medicaid money that is dedicated to the poor and the needy be used for transgender surgeries and treatments for minor children. It is a moral outrage. This body has a duty to stand against it. Vote on Motion

Madam President, pursuant to section 904, I move to waive, and I ask for the yeas and nays.

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