Providing for Consideration of H.R. 3293, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 3293, DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2010 -- (House of Representatives - July 24, 2009)

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Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the rule and in strong opposition to the Pence amendment.

At a time when we are consumed with discussions of expanding health care to the uninsured and on improving our health care system, I find this amendment confusing. The Pence amendment would effectively cut off 1.7 million women from what, in many cases, serves as their primary care provider, Planned Parenthood.

Aren't we trying to expand coverage, not limit it?

Thirty-six percent of women receiving family planning care through the Title X program do so through Planned Parenthood. Let's be clear: These services do not include abortion. Title X dollars are prohibited from being spent on abortion. The services we are talking about cutting include breast exams, the testing for cervical cancer, the screenings for sexually transmitted diseases, HIV screening, and family planning services.

Planned Parenthood has worked for over 90 years to educate women about pregnancy and to help prevent unintended pregnancies and, thus, the need for abortion. For 1.7 million, the only medical care they will be able to receive this year is from a provider at Planned Parenthood. Why, when we are working so diligently to reform our health care system, would we take away the only source of health care to so many women?

Vote ``no'' on this destructive amendment. Vote ``no'' on the Pence amendment.

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