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PAGE 282, LINE 8,
SECTION 1771, THE LEVEL FOR
PRESIDIO TRUST, PRESIDIO TRUST
FUND, $11 MILLION.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE
DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW
YORK RISE?
I HAVE AN AMENDMENT AT THE
DESK.
THE CLERK WILL
DESIGNATE THE AMENDMENT.
AMENDMENT NUMBER
381, OFFERED BY MR. REED OF NEW
YORK.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
NEW YORK IS RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE
MINUTES.
THANK YOU, MADAM
CHAIR.
I RISE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF MY
AMENDMENT SEEKING TO RESCIND
$15 MILLION OF FUNDS OUT OF
THIS CONTINUING RESOLUTION.
AS I'VE LISTENED TO THE DEBATE
HERE THIS EVENING AND YESTERDAY
AND OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS, AS
A FRESHMAN MEMBER OF CONGRESS,
I'VE COME TO A REALIZATION THAT
PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT
MANY MEMBERS OF THIS ESTEEMED
BODY LOOK AT OUR SPENDING IN
TERMS OF IT'S A RELATIVELY
SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY.
IT'S A SMALL SUM.
BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT $15 MILLION IN
THIS SITUATION.
NOW, I PROPOSE THIS AMENDMENT
WITHOUT ANY DISRESPECT TO ANY
MEMBER OF THIS HOUSE.
BUT I PROPOSE IT IN A TIME WHEN
WE FACE A NATIONAL CRISIS THAT
GOES TO OUR VERY EXISTENCE FOR
GENERATIONS TO COME.
A NATION THAT WON'T BE HERE FOR
OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.
AND WHEN I LOOK AT THE PRESIDIO
TRUST FUND AND LOOK AT THE
PARK, IT'S A GREAT PARK, I
CONCEDE THAT POINT, BUT THE
PLAN FOR THE PARK WAS TO BE
SELF-SUFFICIENT.
UPON RESEARCHING, GOING THROUGH
PAGE BY PAGE OF THIS BUDGET,
DOING THE HARD WORK MY STAFF
AND I HAVE UNCOVERED THAT THIS
PARK IS AT THE POINT WHERE IT
CAN BE SELF-SUFFICIENT ON ITS
OWN.
THEY HAVE RECEIVED GRANTS OF
$80,000 FROM THE COWELL
FOUNDATION FOR THREE PROJECTS,
THEY HAVE A $15 MILLION GIFT
FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR FROM
EVELYN AND WALTER HAS.
LUCASARTS ARE LEASING PORTIONS
OF THE PARK, IT'S A PRIVATE
REVENUE STREAM.
THIS IS A SUCCESS STORY.
AT THIS POINT, IT'S TIME FOR US
TO PUT ALL OUR CARDS ON THE
TABLE AND SAY, NOW THAT YOU ARE
STANDING ON YOUR OWN TWO FEET,
WHEN WE FACE THE FISCAL CRISIS,
THIS GOVERNMENT NOW HAS TO MAKE
A RESPONSIBLE DECISION.
TO ME THAT RESPONSIBILITY
DECISION IS TO ALLOW THE PARK
TO STAND ON ITS OWN TWO FEET.
IT HAS SHOWN PLENTY OF ABILITY
TO DO THAT.
AND SAVE THE CHILDREN AND
GRANDCHILDREN SO THAT WE CAN
HAVE A NATION THAT THEY CAN BE
PROUD OF AND HAVE A NATION THAT
THEY CAN LIVE IN BECAUSE THAT'S
THE POINT THAT WE ARE IN OUR
NATION'S HISTORY.
SO I STAND TODAY AND ASK YOUR
SUPPORT FOR THIS AMENDMENT.
I THINK IT IS A RESPONSIBLE
ACTION TO DO AND I APPLAUD THIS
PROCESS BECAUSE THIS PROCESS IS
BEING CONDUCTED IN THE OPEN AND
THROUGH A VIGOROUS DEBATE.
THAT'S WHAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
HAVE CALLED UPON US TO DO.
NO LINE OF OUR SPENDING SHALL
BE LEFT UNDER STONES.
WE SHALL UNCOVER EACH STONE AND
I URGE ALL MY FELLOW MEMBERS TO
SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT.
I YIELD BACK MY TIME.
THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS
BACK.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA RISE?
I RISE TO STRIKE THE
LAST WORD.
THE GENTLEMAN IS
RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.
I RISE IN STRONG
OPPOSITION TO THIS AMENDMENT
THAT WOULD ELIMINATE FUNDING
FOR THE PRESIDIO TRUST.
THE PRESIDIO WAS IN CONTINUOUS
USE AS A MILITARY POST FROM
1776 UNTIL 1994.
AN ARMY INSTALLATION, THE POST
WAS CLOSED IN 1994 AS PART OF
THE PROCESS AND TRANSFERRED TO
THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE.
IN 1996, CONGRESS ESTABLISHED
THE PRESIDIO TRUST TO GOVERN
THIS UNIQUE NATIONAL PARK SITE.
AND TO ENSURE ITS PRESERVATION
BY MAKING IT FINANCIALLY
SELF-SUSTAINING.
HAPPENED.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAS
OTHER THE PAST 12 YEARS,
APPROPRIATIONS AS A PERCENTAGE
OF THE OVERALL TRUST BUDGET
HAVE BEEN REDUCED FROM OVER 95%
FRL FUND -- FEDERAL FUNDING
INPHYSIAL YEAR 1998 TO LESS
THAN 20% IN FISCAL YEAR 2010.
THE CURRENT RATIO OF PRIVATE
INVESTMENT IN THE PRESIDIO TO
FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS IS
ALREADY GREATER THAN FOUR TO
ONE.
APPROPRIATIONS, THOUGH, ARE
AUTHORIZED THROUGH FISCAL YEAR
2012.
THAT WAS THE DEAL.
AFTER 2012, THE TRUST ITSELF,
BY ITSELF, ALONE, IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR LONG-TERM
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF
THE PRESIDIO.
SINCE IT TOOK OVER MANAGEMENT
OF THE PRESIDIO IN 1998, THE
TRUST HAS REHABILITATED AND
LEASED 97% OF THE PRESIDE'S
HOUSING UNITS AND REHABILITATED
75% OF THE PRESIDIO'S 433 VERY
HISTORIC BUILDINGS.
I'VE BEEN THERE, I'VE SEEN IT,
IT'S PHENOMENAL WHAT THE TRUST
HAS ACCOMPLISHED.
ELIMINATING FUNDS JUST ONE YEAR
SHORT OF ITS GOAL VIOLATES THE
SPIRIT OF THE 1996 LAW.
AND IT UNDERMINES THE TRUST'S
ABILITY TO ACHIEVE
SELF-SUFFICIENCY.
THIS WOULD RESULT IN HIGHER
FUTURE OBLIGATIONS AS THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MIGHT HAVE
TO ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY
TO MAINTAIN THES HISTORIC
PROPERTIES.
IT ALSO SENDS A TERRIBLE SIGNAL
TO COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY THAT MAY ALSO HAVE
INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS IN
PARTNERING WITH THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
THEY'RE TIME CONTROLLED, IN
OTHER WORDS, IT'S NOT FOREVER,
BUT THEY SAY FOR A CERTAIN
PERIOD OF TIME IF YOU PARTNER
WITH US, WE'LL TAKE THIS
RESPONSIBILITY OFF YOUR HANDS.
THE $23 MILLION APPROPRIATED
FOR THE TRUST IN FISCAL YEAR
2010 HAS CREATED 860 JOBS.
FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS IN THIS
CURRENT FISCAL YEAR WILL HELP
EXPEDITE REHABILITATION OF
HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF FAVORABLE
CONSTRUCTION COSTS THAT EXIST
TODAY.
AT A RECENT OVERSIGHT HEARING
THAT MEMBERS OF OUR
APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE
RECEIVED ASHURENS THAT THE
TRUST WILL ACCOMPLISH ITS
FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP AND
PUBLIC USE GOALS.
THAT WAS THE DEAL.
THEY SAID WE'LL MEET OUR PART
OF THE DEAL, ASSUMING THAT THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL MEET
ITS OBLIGATION.
THAT'S ONE OF THE NATION'S
OLDEST AND MOST IMPORTANT
MILITARY POSTS.
THE TRUST HAS HAD SOME UNIQUE,
EXTRAORDINARY CHALLENGES SINCE
THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT CLOSED
DOWN ITS INSTALLATIONS BUT THE
TRUST IS WELL ON ITS WAY TO
MEETING ITS LEM SLATIVE
OBJECTIVES.
IT SHOULD NOT BE UNDERMINED BY
THIS AMENDMENT.
THIS HAS WORKED WELL, IT'S AN
EXAMPLE FOR THE REST OF THE
COUNTRY.
LET IT SERVE AS AN EXAMPLE.
ONE MORE YEAR TO GO, THEN IT
WILL BE OFF OUR BOOKS, THE
TRUST WILL TAKE OVER
RESPONSIBILITY AND WE WILL
POINT OUT THAT THIS IS THE WAY
TO DO IT.
IN PARTNERSHIP.
WHERE WE WILL NOT BE
FACT THE PRIVATE SECTOR WILL
PERPETUALLY RESPONSIBLE BUT IN
COME IN, LET THE MARKET WORK
AND HAVE A NATIONAL GYM, REALLY
A NATIONAL A-- NATIONAL GEM,
REALLY, A NATIONAL ASSET FOR
EVERYONE TO VISIT AN LEARN
FROM.
MADAM CHAIR, I YIELD THE
BALANCE OF MY TIME BUT STRONGLY
URGE OPPOSITION TO THIS
AMENDMENT.
THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER.
THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS
BACK.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM IDAHO RISE?
I MOVE TO STRIKE
THE LAST WORD.
THE GENTLEMAN IS
RECOGNIZED.
I RISE IN
CONCURRENCE WITH THE STATEMENTS
OF MY RANKING MEMBER.
FUNDING IS $8.2 MILLION BELOW
THE ENACTED LEVEL IN 2008 AND
BELOW THE 2007 LEVEL.
WHEN THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
CLOSED DOWN THE PARK IT WAS
TRANSFERRED TO THE PARKS
SERVICE.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN TURNED OVER
THTH NATIONAL PARKS SERVICE AND
RUN AS A HISTORIC PARK BUT THAT
WOULD HAVE COST TENS OF
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS PER YEAR TO
THE TAXPAYERS.
INSTEAD, CONGRESS DEVISED A
UNIQUE MANAGEMENT AND FUNDING
MODEL BY CREATING THE PRESIDIO
TRUST TO PE SERVE THE PRESIDIO
AND HELP IT BECOME FINANCIALLY
SELF-SUFFICIENT.
THE TRUST MANAGES 80% OF
PRESIDIO LANDS INCLUDING MOST
OF THE LANDS AND
INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE PARK SERVICE MANAGES THE
REMAIN 20G%.
THE PRESIDIO TRUST RECEIVES
FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS THAT ARE
DIMINISHING EACH YEAR AND AS
WAS MENTIONED WILL CEASE AT THE
END OF FY-2012 WHEN IT BECOMES
SELF-SUFFICIENT.
THIS TRULY IS A MODEL OF HOW WE
CAN DO THESE THINGS WHERE THEY
WILL BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT AND
OFF THE ROLL OF THE TAXPAYER
BUT OUR PART OF THIS IS WE HAVE
TO KEEP OUR END OF THE DEAL.
THROUGH FY-2012, WE NEED TO
MAKE SURE WE KEEP OUR WORD ON
WHAT WAS AGREED ON IN 1996 AND
LET THIS PRESIDIO TRUST TAKE
OVER AND BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT
AT THE END OF THE NEXT FISCAL
YEAR.
I RISE IN OPPOSITION TO THIS
AMENDMENT AND WOULD ENCOURAGE
IT.
MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE AGAINST
THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS
BACK.
THE QUESTION IS ON THE
AMENDMENT OFFERED BY THE
GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK.
THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED, NO.
IN THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR,
THE NOES HAVE IT.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK.
I ASK FOR A ROLL CALL
VOTE.
PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 6
O-- 6 OF RULE 18 FURTHER
PROCEEDINGS ON THE AMENDMENT
OFFERED BY THE GENTLEMAN FROM
NEW YORK WILL BE POSTPONED.
THE CLERK WILL READ.
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SECTION 1772, THE LEVEL FOR
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER MEMORIAL
COMMISSION, $0.
SECTION 1773, THE LEVEL FOR
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER MEMORIAL
COMMISSION, CAPITAL
CONSTRUCTION, $0.
SECTION 1774, SECTION 40 OF
DIVISION A OF PUBLIC LAW 111-88
IS AMEPPEDED.
SECTION 1775, THE LEVEL FOR
SECTION 415 OF DIVISION A OF
.
PUBLIC LAW 111-88, $0.
SECTION 4 3 OF DIVISION A OF
PUBLIC LAW 111-88 IS AMENDED.
NOT LATER THAN 30 DAYS OF THE
ENACTMENT OF THIS DIVISION,
AGENCIES SHALL SUBMIT TO THE
HOUSE AND SENATE COMMITTEES ON
APPROPRIATIONS THE SPENDING,
EXPENDITURE OR OPERATING PLAN
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011.
SECTION 1778, NONE OF THE FUNDS
MADE AVAILABLE BY THIS DIVISION
MAY BE USED TO IMPLEMENT,
ADMINISTER NOR ENFORCE
SECRETARYIAL ORDER NUMBER ISSUED
BY THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2010.
TITLE 8, LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN
AGENCIES.
SERVICES, EDUCATION AND RELATED
SECTION 1801, LEVEL FOR
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, EMPLOYMENT
AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION,
, $22,699,5000.
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
SECTION 1802, OBLIGATED BALANCES
FOR DEPARTMENT OF LABOR,
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT, OFFICE
OF JOB CORPS, $300 MILLION IS
RESCINDED.
OBLIGATED BALANCE OF THE FUNDS
MADE AVAILABLE FOR DEPARTMENT OF
LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING
ADMINISTRATION, TRAINING AND
EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, FEDERALLY
ADMINISTERED PROGRAMS DISLOCATED
ASSISTANCE NATIONAL RESERVE AND
DIVINGS D $100 MILLION IS
RESCINDED.
SECTION 1804, UNOBLIGATED
BALANCES OF THE FUNDS MADE
AVAILABLE FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING
ADMINISTRATION, TRAINING AND
EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, NATIONAL
ACTIVITIES EVALUATION, $10
MILLION IS RESCINDED.
SECTION 1805, LEVEL FOR
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, EMPLOYMENT
AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION
COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR
OLDER AMERICANS, $300,425,000.
SECTION 1806, LEVEL FOR
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, MINE
$355,843,000.
SAFETY, SALARIES AND EXPENSES,
SECTION 1807, LEVEL FOR
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR,
$315,154,000.
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
SECTION 1808, UNOBLIGATED
BALANCES AVAILABLE FOR
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, WORKING
CAPITAL FUND, $3,900,000 IS
RESCINDED.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES, HEALTH RESOURCES AND
SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, HEALTH
,137,000.
RESOURCES AND SERVICES, $5,313
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES
THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK
RISE?
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEWOMAN FROM NEW YORK RISE?
I MOVE TO STRIKE THE
LAST WORD.
THE GENTLEWOMAN IS
RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.
AS I VISIT ALL THE
COMMUNITIES OF MY DISTRICT, I'M
ASKED ABOUT HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT,
HOW GOVERNMENT CAN HELP PROMOTE
JOB GROWTH AND HOW WE CAN GET
THE ECONOMY WORKING AGAIN FOR
FAMILIES TRYING TO MAKE ENDS
MEET.
IT IS CLEAR THAT THE TOP
PRIORITY IN NEW YORK AND ACROSS
THE COUNTRY IS CREATING JOBS.
BUT WHEN I'M IN WASHINGTON, I
DON'T HEAR THE HOUSE LEADERSHIP
ANSWERING THAT CALL.
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR,
WE HAVE YET TO DEBATE A SINGLE
BILL THAT WOULD CREATE A SINGLE
JOB.
THERE HAVE BEEN NO ATTEMPTS TO
MAKE THE TARGETED INVESTMENTS IN
INNOVATION AND EDUCATION THAT
WILL HELP US WIN THE NEXT
CENTURY AS THE PRESIDENT
MENTIONED IN THE STATE OF THE
UNION.
IN THE LAST DECADE, UNEMPLOYMENT
HAS SKYROCKETED WHILE THE NUMBER
OF ABORTIONS HAS DECREASED.
YET TODAY, THE MAJORITY IS
PURSUING AN EXTREME ASSAULT ON
WOMEN'S HEALTH AND REPRODUCTIVE
RIGHTS BY ELIMINATING THE
COST-EFFECTIVE FAMILY PLANNING
PROGRAM.
MY AMENDMENT WOULD RESTORE $317
MILLION FOR TITLE 10 FAMILY
PLANNING BECAUSE IT IS A WISE
INVESTMENT.
PUBLICLY SUPPORTED FAMILY
PLANNING CLINICS SAVE TAXPAYERS
NEARLY $4 FOR EVERY $1 THAT IS
SPENT FOR PROVIDING
CONTRACEPTIVE CARE.
IN NEW YORK, MORE THAN 430,000
WOMEN ARE SERVED BY TITLE 10
FUNDING CLINICS AND 66% HAVE
INCOMES AT OR BELOW POVERTY
LEVEL.
ELIMINATION OF THE PROGRAM IN
THE C.R. WOULD ONLY GUARANTEE
HIGHER GOVERNMENT HEALTH CARE
COSTS FOR THESE LOW-INCOME
AMERICANS IN FUTURE YEARS.
IF OUR GOAL IS TO CUT SPENDING,
IT IS RECKLESS TO ELIMINATE THIS
PROGRAM THAT SAVES TAXPAYER
DOLLARS.
IT IS UNCONSCIONABLE THAT THOSE
AMERICANS WHO MOST NEED ACCESS
TO THE AFFORDABLE BASIC HEALTH
CARE TITLE 10 PROVIDES, CANCER
SCREENINGS, CONTRACEPTIVES HAVE
BECOME VICTIMS OF THE EXTREME
RIGHT DIVISIVE PARTISAN ATTEMPTS
TO DENY WOMEN A FULL RANGE OF
HEALTH SERVICES.
EVEN AS WE CONSIDER THIS
WRONG-HEADED BILL, THEY ARE AT
THE SAME TIME PURSUING
LEGISLATION IN AUTHORIZING
COMMITTEES TO ROLL BACK THE
CLOCK ON A WOMEN'S RIGHT TO
CHOOSE.
WOMEN SERVICES AVAILABLE TO
VICTIMS OF *** AND *** AND
EVEN ALLOW HOSPITALS TO DENY
LIFE SAVING TREATMENT FOR WOMEN.
NOT ONCE HAVE I HEARD A
CONSTITUENT SAY, IT'S IMPORTANT
FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO GET TO
WORK ON RESTRICTING WOMEN'S
HEALTH CHOICES AND DENYING BASIC
CARE.
AT A TIME OF HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT
AND ENORMOUS ECONOMIC
CHALLENGES, CONGRESS SHOULD
FOCUS ON JOB CREATION.
THE ASSAULT ON WOMEN'S HEALTH
MUST STOP NOW.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
THE GENTLEWOMAN
YIELDS BACK.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES
GENTLEWOMAN FROM CONNECTICUT
RISE?
MOVE TO STRIKE THE
LAST WORD.
THE REPUBLICAN MAJORITY HAS
PROPOSED TO ELIMINATE TITLE 10
FUNDING WHICH HAS CONNECTED
MILLIONS OF AMERICAN WOMEN TO
HEALTH CARE SINCE 1970.
IN 2009, 2010, PERFORMED 2.2
MILLION BREADTH EXAMS AND PAP
TESTS AND H.I.V. TESTS TO MEN
AND WOMEN BOTH.
THIS REPUBLICAN CONGRESS IS
TRYING TO TURN BACK THE CLOCK ON
RIGHTS.
WOMEN'S HEALTH AND WOMEN'S BASIC
THEY ARE TAKING US BACK TO A DAY
WHEN FAMILY PLANNING WAS NOT A
GIVEN OPPORTUNITY FOR WOMEN.
IN CONNECTICUT, MORE THAN 62,000
MEN AND WOMEN BENEFIT FROM CARE
AT TITLE 10 FUNDED HEALTH
CENTERS EACH YEAR.
70% OF THEM HAVE A FAMILY INCOME
OF LESS THAN $16,245 A YEAR.
THIS IS THE ONLY WAY THEY CAN
AFFORD HEALTH CARE.
SIX OF EVERY 10 WOMEN WHO SEEK
CARE IN A TITLE 10 FUNDED CENTER
CONSIDER IT THE MAIN SOURCE OF
MEDICAL CARE.
AND YET THE MAJORITY IS TRYING
AWAY.
TO TAKE THESE IMPORTANT SERVICES
WE -- IT IS ARGUED WE NEED TO
CUT TITLE 10.
FOR EVERY DOLLAR, TAXPAYERS SAVE
JUST UNDER $4.
PREVENTATIVE CARE AND FAMILY
PLANNING SERVICES SUPPORTED BY
FAMILY SERVICES SAVE LIVES AND
SAVE MONEY.
IT IS A BREATHTAKING AND RADICAL
STEP TO CUT FUNDING.
IT IS LAUNCHING AN ASSAULT ON
TITLE 10 WHICH WOULD ENDANGER
WOMEN'S HEALTH.
UNDERSTANDING THEIR PURPOSE HAS
NOTHING TO DO WITH THE DEFICIT.
THEY WANT TO IMPOSE THEIR
TRADITIONAL VIEW OF A WOMEN'S
ROLE.
LET'S GET REAL.
THIS LEGISLATION IS NOT ABOUT
FEDERAL FUNDING FOR ABORTION.
FEDERAL FUNDS INCLUDING TITLE 10
ARE BANNED GOING TOWARDS
ABORTION SERVICES UNDER THE HYDE
AMENDMENT.
THIS IS PART OF AN AGENDA TO
FORCE WOMEN BACK INTO
OPPORTUNITIES.
TRADITIONAL ROLES WITH LIMITED
UNDER THEIR PROPOSALS, MORE THAN
5 MILLION PEOPLE LOSE ACCESS.
AS A CANCER SURVIVOR MYSELF WHO
IS HERE TODAY BECAUSE MY CANCER
WAS FOUND IN STAGE ONE, I CAN
TELL YOU LOSING ACCESS TO
SCREENINGS WILL COST LIVES.
IT COMES DOWN TO THIS, THE
PROPOSAL TO ELIMINATE TITLE 10
IS A BAD POLICY, WILL HURT WOMEN
AND IT COSTS MONEY.
INSTEAD OF MAKING IT HARDER FOR
WOMEN TO GET HEALTH CARE, WE
SHOULD BE STANDING UP FOR THESE
VITAL SERVICES.
THE AMERICAN PUBLIC CALLED FOR
JOB CREATION IN TURNING OUR
ECONOMY AROUND LAST NOVEMBER, I
BELIEVE MY COLLEAGUES ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE HAVE NOT
HEEDED THIS CALL.
THIS BILL WOULD DO NOTHING TO
CREATE JOBS NOR REDUCE THE
DEFICIT.
ON BEHALF OF WOMEN AND MIDDLE
-CLASS WORKING FAMILIES, I URGE
MY COLLEAGUES TO LEAVE THIS
EXTREME MEASURE OUT OF THE
PICTURE AND SHOULD NOT BE PLAGUE
GAMES WITH WOMEN'S HEALTH AND
BASIC RIGHTS.
THE GENTLEWOMAN
YIELDS BACK.
WHO SEEKS RECOGNITION?
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES
GENTLEWOMAN FROM ALABAMA RISE?
I MOVE TO STRIKE THE LAST
WORD.
I OPPOSE INCREASED
FUNDING FOR TITLE 10.
WE SHOULD NOT ALLOCATE FEDERAL
FUNDS TO FUND PLANNED
PARENTHOOD.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD HAS MADE
PLAIN MANDATING THAT EVERY
AFFILIATE HAVE ONE CLINIC
PERFORMING ABORTIONS WITHIN THE
NEXT TWO YEARS.
IT IS BEYOND SHOCKING THAT
PLANNED PARENTHOOD EMPLOYEES
WERE FOUND ON VIDEO AIDING AND
ABETTING IN THE ALLEGED SEX
TRAFFICKING OF MINORS.
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT
PLANNED PARENTHOOD HAS SHOWN
SUCH SHOCKING BEHAVIOR.
IT HAPPENED IN MY HOME STATE IN
ALABAMA BACK IN 2009.
A PLANNED PARENTHOOD COUNSELOR
WAS CAUGHT ON HIDDEN CAMERA
TELLING AN ALLEGED 14-YEAR-OLD
STATUTORY *** VICTIM THAT THE
CLINIC BENDS THE RULES.
TWO YEARS LATER, WE ARE STILL
SEEING THIS OUTRAGEOUS BEHAVIOR
BY PLANNED PARENTHOOD EMPLOYEES.
IT IS TIME TO STOP FUNDING SUCH
AN ORGANIZATION WITH TAXPAYER
DOLLARS.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD IGNORES
STATUTORY *** LAW REPORTING AND
OPPOSES ANY EFFORT TO ELEVATE
THE LEGAL STATUS OF THE FETUS IN
ANY STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT.
IT IS NOT A PROUD DAY THAT
CITIZENS LEARN THAT THESE
ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN FUNDED BY
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
IT IS AN EVEN WORST DAY WHEN WE
ARE TOLD THAT OUR GOVERNMENT HAS
FUNDED PLANNED PARENTHOOD WITH
MORE THAN $363 MILLION IN
GOVERNMENT GRANTS AND CONTRACTS.
THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 1998, TITLE
10 HAS SEEN INCREASED FUNDING
FOR 10 OF THE 12 YEARS.
FROM 1998 TO 2010, TITLE 10
56%.
FUNDING HAS INCREASED BY OVER
IN APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2010, TITLE 10 SAW A 3.3%
INCREASE IN FUNDING, WHICH WAS A
$10 MILLION INCREASE OVER 2009
FUNDING.
THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE SPENDING AT
A TIME WHEN WE MUST CUT FEDERAL
SPENDING.
THE CONTINUAL ACTION BY PLANNED
PARENTHOOD AND ITS EMPLOYEES IS
DEMEANING FOR WOMEN AND BLACK
EYE ON OUR SOCIETY.
FUNDING MUST BE STOPPED.
WE SHOULD NOT SPEND ANY MORE
TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO PUSH PLANNED
PARENTHOOD'S AGENDA TO TAKE AWAY
THE RIGHTS OF THE UNBORN.
I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE NO
ON THE AMENDMENT TO ADD MONEY TO
TITLE 10.
AND I YIELD BACK.
THE GENTLEWOMAN
YIELDS BACK.
THE CLERK WILL READ.
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LINE 16, SECTION 1810, THE LEVEL
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES, CENTERS FOR DISEASE
CONTROL AND PREVENTION, DISEASE
$5,272,989,00.
CONTROL RESEARCH AND TRAINING
SECTION 1811, LEVEL FOR
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF
HEALTH, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF
ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES,
$4 BILLION.
SECTION 1812, THE AMOUNT
PROVIDED BY SECTION 1101 FOR
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF
HEALTH IS REDUCED BY $260
MILLION.
SECTION 1813, THE LEVEL FOR
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF
$22,700,000.
HEALTH, BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
THE DEPARTMENT FOR HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES SUBSTANCE AND
ADMINISTRATION SUBSTANCE ABUSE
AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
MADAM CHAIRMAN, I HAVE AN
AMENDMENT AT THE DESK.
WILL THE GENTLEMAN
SPECIFY THE NUMBER ON YOUR
AMENDMENT, PLEASE?
NUMBER 565.
THE CLERK WILL
DESIGNATE THE AMENDMENT.
AMENDMENT NUMBER 565
PRINTED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL
RECORD OFFERED BY MR. BASS OF
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
NEW HAMPSHIRE IS RECOGNIZED FOR
FIVE MINUTES.
I THANK THE
GENTLELADY.
MY AMENDMENT ADDS $50 MILLION TO
THE LOW-INCOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM OTHERWISE AS LIHEAP.
WINTERS IN THE NORTHEAST ARE
LONG AND HARD AND ESPECIALLY
THIS YEAR, IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT.
IT'S BEEN A TOUGH YEAR.
IN JANUARY, WE SAW TWICE THE
AVERAGE AMOUNT OF SNOW,
TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN WELL
BELOW AVERAGE IN SOME PARTS OF
THE COUNTRY AND THERE ARE
SIMILAR STORIES NOT ONLY IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE, BUT ELSEWHERE IN THE
.
NORTHEAST AND AROUND THE NATION.
THE PROBLEM WITH REDUCING THE
CONTINGENCY FUND AND THE LOW
NRNL PLAN, WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE
OF WINTER NOW.
WHAT MY AMENDMENT DOES IS ADD
$50 MILLION TO MAKE SURE WE
HAVE RESOURCES TO MAKE IT
THROUGH MARCH AND INTO APRIL.
THE AMENDMENT ALSO REDUCES THE
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICES BY AN
EQUIVALENT AMOUNT BUT THAT'S
ONLY 1% OF THE TOTAL FUNDING
FOR THAT LINE ITEM.
LET ME POINT OUT THAT WHAT THIS
AMENDMENT WILL DO WILL ASSURE
THAT LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS IN
AMERICA HAVE THE NECESSARY
RESOURCES IN ORDER TO ENSURE
THAT THEY HAVE ADEQUATE HEAT
THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE
YEAR.
NOW, YOU KNOW, THIS IS -- THIS
IS A DIFFICULT PROCESS THAT
WE'RE GOING THROUGH HERE.
I RECOGNIZE THERE ARE
TRADEOFFS.
BUT THIS IS A VERY SMALL CHANGE
IN A SAFETY NET THAT PROVIDES
AN ENORMOUS RESOURCE VERY
QUICKLY.
WE CAN DEBITE THE -- DEBATE THE
REST OF THE LOW ENERGY INCOME
ASSISTANCE PLAN LATER IN THE
YEAR.
WHAT THIS $50 MILLION INCREASE
DOES IS MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO GET
THROUGH THE WINTER.
I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT
THIS AMENDMENT AND I YIELD BACK
THE BALANCE OF MY TIME.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE
DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM MONTANA
RISE?
I RISE IN ON
SESSION.
THE GENTLEMAN IS
RECOGNIZED.
WE ACCEPT THIS
AMENDMENT.
THE QUESTION IS ON
THE AMENDMENT OFFERED BY THE
GENTLEMAN FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE.
THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED, NO.
IN THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR,
THE AYES HAVE IT, THE AMENDMENT
IS AGREED TO.
THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM
CONNECTICUT.
PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 6 OF RULE
18, FURTHER PROCEEDINGS ON THE
AMENDMENT OFFERED BY THE
GENTLEMAN FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE
WILL BE POSTPONED.
CLIP PAGE --
THE CLERK WILL READ.
PAGE 292, LINE 1,
SECTION 1815, THE AMOUNT
INCLUDED UNDER THE NORTH
CAROLINA RESEARCH AND QUALITY
OF DIVISION D OF PUBLIC LAW
111-117 SHALL BE APPLIED TO
FUNDS APPROPRIATED BY A
$397,360,000.
SUBSTITUTING $372,365,000 FOR
SECTION 1816, AMOUNTS
TRANSFERRED FROM THE TRUST FUND
FOR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES CENTER FOR
MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES
FOR PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, $3,
012,162,000.
SECTION 1818, THE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FOR
LOW INCOME CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES, LOW INCOME
ASSISTANCE, $--
FOR WHAT PURPOSE
DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM
MASSACHUSETTS RISE?
I RISE TO OFFER AN AMENDMENT
PREPRINTED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL
RECORD AND DESIGNATED AS
AMENDMENT NUMBER 60.
THE CLERK WILL READ
THE AMENDMENT.
AMENDMENT OFFERED BY
MR. MARKEY OF MASSACHUSETTS.
THE GENTLEMAN IS
RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM MONTANA RISE IN
I RESERVE A POINT
OF ORDER.
A POINT OF ORDER IS
RESERVED.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
MASSACHUSETTS.
WE ALL RECOGNIZE WE
MUST MAKE CALCULATED DECISIONS
TO DRIVE DOWN OUR DEFICIT BUT
TODAY WE SEE THE COLD
CALCULATIONS OF THE REPUBLICAN
LEADERSHIP WHO ARE CUTTING
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
TO HELP OUR NATION'S POOREST
FAMILIES HEAT THEIR HOMES WHILE
CONTINUING THE BILLIONS IN
TAXPAYER SUBSIDIES WE SEND TO
BIG OIL COMPANIES.
MY AMENDMENT WOULD FULLY
RESTORE LIHEAP FUNDING AND
REDUCE THE DEFICIT BY REPEALING
THESE $40 BILLION IN TAX BREAKS
FOR BIG OIL.
OIL COMPANIES DON'T NEED THE
100--YEAR-OLD TAX BREAKS TO
SELL $100 PER BARREL OIL WHILE
MAKING $100 BILLION PER YEAR.
FOR MILLIONS OF FAMILIES ACROSS
THE COUNTRY THIS YEAR, HEATING
BILLS HAVE BEEN PILING UP ALONG
WITH THE SNOW.
SO HAVE THE RECORD NUMBER OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE TURNING TO
LIHEAP TO HELP THEM GET THROUGH
THE WINTER.
IN MY STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS
ALONE, LIHEAP IS PROJECTED TO
HELP 250,000 FAMILY THIS IS
WINTER.
EVEN AS THE MERCURY HAS
DROPPED, HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE
NOW CONSIDERING DROPPING THIS
IMPORTANT SAFETY NET FOR
MILLIONS OF LOW INCOME FAMILIES
NATIONWIDE.
THE ONLY WAY THIS BILL IS GOING
TO HELP FAMILIES HEAT THEIR
HOMES WOULD BE IF THEY TOSSED
ALL 359 PAGES IN THE FIREPLACE.
IT TAKES A FRIGID HEART FOR THE
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP TO
CONTINUE TO DEFEND TAX BREAKS
FOR OIL AND GAS COMPANIES WHILE
PUTTING ASSISTANCE FOR
AMERICA'S NEEDIEST ON ICE BUT
THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
THE MAJORITY SPENDING BILL
PRESENTS WITH US A FALSE
CHOICE.
WE SHOULDN'T BE CUTTING HEATING
ASSISTANCE FOR THE POOREST
FAMILIES BEFORE REPEALING THE
$40 BILLION IN TAX SUBSIDIES TO
BIG OIL COMPANIES, THE MOST
PROFITABLE COMPANIES IN THE
HISTORY OF THE WORLD.
THE REPUBLICANS CAN CONTINUE TO
MAKE THEIR CHOICES BUT THE
PLERN PEOPLE WILL NOT STAND
WITH THEM WHEN THEY ARE FACED
WITH GIVING TAX BREAKS TO EXXON
OR ASSISTANCE TO LOW INCOME
AMERICANS, THEY HAVE CHOSEN
EXXON.
WHEN THEY ARE FORCED TO CHOOSE
BETWEEN A FREE LUNCH FOR B.P.
OR CHOOSE LUNCH FOR HUNGRY
SENIOR CITIZENS, THEY MAKE THE
CHOICE FOR B.P.
WESTERN NOT BE BALANCING THE
BUDGET ON THE BACKS OF THE
POOREST FAMILIES.
I URGE SUPPORT FOR AMENDMENT TO
PROTECT THE NEEDIEST AMONGST US
WITH A NO VOTE ON THIS
COLDHEARTED FUNDING BILL.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE
DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM MONTANA
RISE IN MR. REHBERG I MAKE A
POINT OF ORDER AGAINST THE
AMENDMENT BECAUSE IT PROPOSES
TO CHANGE EXISTING LAW AND
THEREFORE VIOLATES CLAUSE 2 OF
RULE 21, THE RULE STATES IN
PERTINENT PART AN AMENDMENT TO
A GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILL
SHALL NOT BE IN ORDER IF
CHANGING EXISTING LAW AND THE
AMENDMENT DIRECTLY AMENDS
EXISTING LAW.
I CAN FOR A RULING FROM THE
CHAIR.
DOES ANY OTHER
MEMBER WISH TO BE HEARD ON THE
POINT OF ORDER?
THE CHAIR FINDS THAT THE
AMENDMENT PROPOSES DIRECTLY TO
CHANGE EXISTING LAW, TO WIT,
THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF
1986.
AS SUCH, IT CONSTITUTES
LEGISLATION IN VIOLATION OF
CLAUSE 2-C OF RULE 21, THE
POINT OF ORDER IS SUSTAINED.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK RISE?
I MOVE TO STRIKE THE LAST
WORD.
THE GENTLEMAN IS
RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.
I RISE IN OPPOSITION TO THE
CONTINUING RESOLUTION.
INSTEAD OF FIGHTING A WAR ON
CANCER, THIS BILL DECLARES A A
WAR ON CANCER RESEARCH AND
THOSE WHO UNDERTAKE IT.
THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF
HEALTH DIRECTOR SAID IT BEST
WHEN HE WARNED THE PROPOSED
CUTS WOULD HAVE DIRE AND LETHAL
CONSEQUENCES.
HE'S RIGHT.
THE PROPOSED $1.6 BILLION CUT
FOR THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF
HEALTH WOULD UNDERMINE THE MOST
SUCCESSFUL INNOVATION MODEL THE
WORLD HAS EVER SEEN.
THE CLASSIC VIEW OF INNOVATION
IS THAT GOVERNMENT FUNDS BASIC
SCIENCE WHILE INDUSTRY COMES UP
WITH NEW, INNOVATIVE SCIENCE
BASE ODDEN THAT SCIENCE.
OVER THE PAST 40 YEARS NEW
FEDERAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION
APPROVE DRUGS AND VACCINES WERE
DISCOVERED THROUGH RESEARCH
CARRIED OUT AT PUBLIC
INSTITUTIONS WITH FEDERAL
FUNDS.
IN THE LAST 20 YEARS ALONE, ONE
OUT OF EVERY FIVE MEDICAL
ADVANCES WAS INVENTED IN A
FEDERALLY FUNDED LAB.
THOSE ADVANCES ARE YEN RATING
MORE THAN $100 BILLION A YEAR
FOR DRUG AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
FIRMS.
THIS INCLUDES DRUGS LIKE
HERCEPTIN FOR BREAST CANCER,
GLLEVAC FOR TUMORS THAT INHIBIT
AND BLOCK CANCER CELL GROWTH.
IN THIS RESEARCH IN CANCER
ALONE SUPPORTS OVER 1,300
CLINICAL TRIALS EACH YEAR FOR
PROMISING NEW THERAPIES FOR
MORE THAN 200,000 CANCER
PATIENTS.
PRESIDENT NIXON A REPUBLICAN,
RECOGNIZED THE NEED FOR PUBLIC
COMMITMENT WHEN HE SIGNED THE
NATIONAL CANCER ACT IN 1971.
LAST YEAR UNDER PRESIDENT
OBAMA, $5 BILLION WAS PROVIDED
TO THE NATIONAL CANCER
INSTITUTE TO CONTINUE THIS
FUNDING.
DECREASING THE BUDGET BY 5%,
DISRUPTING THIS TREMENDOUSLY
SUCCESSFUL INNOVATION MODEL.
THE ONLY FAILURE IN CANS
ERESEARCH IS WHEN YOU QUIT OR
YOU'RE FORCED TO QUIT BECAUSE
OF THE LACK OF FUNDING.
OUR SUSTAINED COMMITMENT TO
BIOCHEMICAL RESEARCH IS VITAL
TO MY COMMUNITY IN WESTERN NEW
YORK WHERE APPROXIMATELY $100
MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING
EVERY YEAR.
SUPPORTS RESEARCH EACH AND
INSTITUTIONS LIKE ROSSWELL PARK
CANCER INSTITUTE, MEDICAL
RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE
UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO,
COMPANIES ALONG THE
BUFFALO-NIAGARA MEDICAL CAMPUS
RELY ON THIS FUNDING FOR
RESEARCH AND TRANSLATE THAT
RESEARCH INTO PRODUCTS TO
IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE.
THE CUTS WOULD HURT NOT ONLY
THESE INSTITUTIONS AND SMALL
BUSINESSES, IT WOULD HURT THE
WIRE BUFFALO EXUNT COMMUNITY
THAT IS REALIZING THE
TREMENDOUS ECONOMIC BENEFIT OF
THIS RESERMING, ALLEVIATING
SUFFERING DUE TO DISEASES LIKE
CANCER IN OUR LIFETIME SHOULD
BE CONGRESS' GOAL.
THIS CONTINUING RESOLUTION
FALLS DANGEROUSLY SHORT OF THAT
AND I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO
OPPOSE IT.
RIGHT NOW, THROUGH 2010, WE
SPENT $172 BILLION ON
ALZHEIMER'S PATIENTS.
MEDICARE AND MEDICAID.
YOU'RE CUTTING THE BUDGET ON
N.I.H. TO FIND A CURE FOR
ALZHEIMER'S.
BY THE TIME ALL THE BABY
BOOMERS HAVE RETIRED, THE
BUDGET FOR EACH REAR WILL BE $1
TRILLION TO TAKE CARE OF THE 15
MILLION BABY BOOMERS THAT WILL
HAVE ALZHEIMER'S IN NURSING
HOMES.
WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING?
YOU'RE SAYING WE'LL CUT THE
BUDGET FOR MEDICAID WHICH PAYS
FOR ALZHEIMER'S PATIENTS IN
NURSING HOME AND CUT THE BUDGET
FOR THE CURE FOR THE FUNDING
FOR THE NMPLE I.H.
YOU'RE HAVING IT
BOTH WAYS NO CURE AND YOU'RE
THEN GOING TO CUT THE MONEY FOR
THESE FAMILIES IN THE MEDICARE
AND MEDICAID BUDGET.
YOU SHOULDN'T DO THIS.
THE NMPLE I.H., THE NATIONAL --
THEY'RE THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES
OF HOPE.
RESEARCH IS MEDICINE'S FIELD OF
DREAMS FROM WHICH WE HARVEST
THE FINDINGS THAT GIVE HOPE TO
MILLIONS OF FAMILIES IN OUR
COUNTRY.
YOU ARE CUTTING THIS BUDGET AND
NOT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO
MAKE AN AMENDMENT WHICH WE'LL
BE ABLE TO PUT THE FUNDING INTO
THE N.I.H. BUDGET.
THAT'S A VERY BAD MORAL
DECISION WHICH YOU ARE MAKING.
YOU'RE SENDING FALSE HOPE TO
PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY
SOLVING THE PROBLEM BY CUTTING
THE N.I.H. BUDGET BUT ALL OF
THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO
HAVE ALZHEIMER'S, AND IT'S A
DEMOGRAPHIC CERTAINTY ARE GOING
TO COST $1 TRILLION A YEAR BY
2050.
THAT RIGHT NOW.
YOU ARE DOING NOTHING ABOUT
BY THE WAY YOU WON'T HAVE THE
COURAGE TO TELL PEOPLE, YOU'RE
NOT GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THEM
IN NURSING HOMES BECAUSE THAT
DEMOGRAPHIC WILL BE SO STRONG.
PUT THE MONEY BACK IN N.I.H.
FOR ALZHEIMER'S, FOR
DISEASES.
PARKINSON'S, FOR ALL THESE
LET'S AT LEAST AGREE ON THAT AS
A BIPARTISAN ISSUE THAT ALL OUR
FAMILIES WILL BE EQUALLY STRUCK
BY ALL OF THESE DECISIONS.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK HAS
PUT A SPOTLIGHT ON THIS ISSUE.
A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE.
DOING THIS NOW WILL SAVE NOT
NINE, BUT 900 TIMES THE MONEY
ALL THESE PATIENTS.
THAT WILL HAVE TO BE SPENT ON
THE GENTLEMAN'S TIME
HAS EXPIRED.
IT IS A DEMOGRAPHIC
CERTAINTY.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE
DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM
ILLINOIS RISE?
MADAM SPEAKER, I MOVE TO
STRIKE THE LAST WORD.
THE GENTLEMAN IS
RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK OUT
ABOUT THE LACK OF TRAUMA
CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE NATION.
I AM WITHDRAWING.
I INTRODUCE AN AMENDMENT WHICH
MADAM SPEAKER IN MY HOME STATE
OF ILLINOIS, OUR FRESHMANLY
MEMBERS ARE DYING DUE TO THE
TRAGIC LACK OF LEVEL ONE TRAUMA
CENTERS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO
THOSE WHO NEED IT.
SADLY, OUR NEWSPAPER HEADLINES
INCLUDING YESTERDAY'S "CHICAGO
SUN-TIMES," ARE FILLED WITH
STORIES, TRAGIC STORIES OF
VICTIMS STRUCK BY BULLETS,
STABBED AND OTHER KINDS OF
TRAUMA VISITED UPON THEM.
DESPITE THE BEST EFFORTS OF
WITNESSES, BYSTANDERS AND
ARRIVING PARAMEDICS, THE LACK
OF NEARBY LEVEL ONE TRAUMA
CENTERS DRAMATICALLY REDUCES
SURVIVAL RATES AND TIES UP
LONG-TERM ACUTE CARE NEEDS AND
COSTS.
MADAM SPEAKER, IN 1999, MY SON,
29 YEARS OLD, WAS SHOT TWO
BLOCKS FROM THE HOSPITAL BUT HE
COULDN'T GO TO THAT HOSPITAL
BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE A
LEVEL ONE TRAUMA CENTER.
SO THEY HAD TO TRANSFER HIM TO
-- TRANSPORT HIM SOME 10 MILES
AWAY WHERE EVENTUALLY HE
PASSED.
THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF A
SAD STORY.
IT IS NOT ONLY PATENTLY UNFAIR
BUT IT'S AN INJUSTICE THAT IN A
NATION AS VAST AND PROSPEROUS
AS OURS THAT WE HAVE A TRAGIC
LACK OF SUCH A MISPLACED
PRIORITIES BY NOT HAVING LEVEL
ONE TRAUMA CENTERS CLOSE TO THE
COMMUNITIES WHERE PEOPLE
RESIDE.
THE FACT THAT A COMMUNITY --
THAT A COMMUNITY THAT'S HOME TO
ABOUT 750,000 PEOPLE ON THE
SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO, AN
OVERWHELMING PORTION OF WHICH
IS IN MY CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT, DOES NOT HAVE ONE,
NOT ONE LEVEL ONE TRAUMA CARE
CENTER RESULTS IN NEEDLESS LOSS
OF LIFE FOR FAR TOO MANY OF US.
THE GENTLEMAN'S WILL
SUSPEND.
THE COMMITTEE WILL BE IN ORDER.
OUR NATION HAS SEEN
TIME AND TIME AGAIN THE AMAZING
WORK THAT GIFTED TRAUMA
SURGEONS AND FULLY EQUIPPED
TRAUMA CARE FACILITIES CAN
DELIVER TO POOR PATIENTS -- TO
PULL PATIENTS BACK FROM ALMOST
CERTAIN DEATH.
WHAT I WANT TO ENSURE, MADAM
SPEAKER, IS THAT THE SAME LEVEL
OF FAIRNESS AVAILABLE IN THE
AFFLUENT COMMUNITIES IN THIS
THATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE TO
THE MEN, THE WOMEN, AND THE
CHILDREN IN LOW-INCOME
.
COMMUNITIES.
THE AFOREMENTIONED EDITORIAL IN
"THE CHICAGO SUN TIMES"
REPORTED ON THE TRAGIC SET OF
CIRCUMSTANCES DETAILING THE
STORY OF AN 18-YEAR-OLD TRAUMA
VICTIM WHO WAS STRUCK IN A
DRIVE-BY SHOOTING LAST AUGUST
AND COULD NOT GO TO THE NEARBY
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL
CENTER THAT WAS ONLY FOUR
BLOCKS AWAY BECAUSE THAT
FACILITY DID NOT HAVE A TRAUMA
CENTER.
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
HOSPITAL, ONE OF THE MAJOR
HOSPITALS IN THIS NATION, DOES
CENTER.
NOT HAVE A NUMBER ONE TRAUMA
INSTEAD, AT A TIME WHEN EVERY
MOMENT COUNTS, EVERY MINUTE
COUNTS TO SAVE A LIFE,
PARAMEDICS HAD TO DRIVE THE
VICTIM NINE MILES TO THE
NEAREST NUMBER ONE TRAUMA
CENTER.
NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
WHERE THE VICTIM LATER DRIFED.
MADAM SPEAKER, SITUATIONS LIKE
THIS SIMPLY SHOULD NOT HAPPEN
IN AMERICA.
AS I STAND HERE TODAY, I'M
FULLY AWARE OF THE NEEDS OF
FUNDING FOR OUR TRAUMA CENTERS
FOR THE FINANCIAL LOSSES THAT
THEY INCUR.
THE NATIONAL TRAUMA CARE
FOUNDATION HAS ESTIMATED THE
ECONOMIC LOSS OF TRAUMA CENTERS
DUE TO THEIR TREATMENT OF THE
UNINSURED AND UNDERINSURED
PATIENTS IS $230 MILLION PER
YEAR.
IN THE SAME "SUN TIMES"
EDITORIAL I MENTIONED BEFORE,
THEY ALSO REPORTED ON A STUDY
LAST YEAR BY THE ROBIN WOOD
JOHNSON FOUNDATION THAT FOUNDED
ALMOST 3/4 OF THE NATION'S
EMERGENCY ROOMS, ARE UNABLE TO
PROVIDE AROUND-THE-CLOCK
SPECIALTY CARE AT 1/4 OF THE
HOSPITALS AND ARE THE REASON
FOR THE LOSS OF THEIR
DOWNGRADING TRAUMA CARE
DESIGNATION.
WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE
NATIONWIDE SHORTAGE OF TRAUMA
AREAS.
CARE ESPECIALLY IN UNDERSERVED
I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY
TIME.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE
DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW
YORK RISE?
MOTION TO STRIKE THE LAST
WORD.
THE GENTLEMAN IS
RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.
THANK YOU.
I RISE IN SUPPORT OF
REPRESENTATIVE BASS' AMENDMENT
IN SUPPORT OF THE LOW-INCOME
HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
IT CUTS THE LIHEAP PROGRAM BY
ALMOST $400 MILLION.
THIS PROGRAM IS CRUCIAL TO THE
HOMEOWNERS IN THE NORTHEAST,
SPECIFICALLY IN MY DISTRICT OF
STATEN ISLAND AND BROOKLYN, NEW
YORK.
LIHEAP HELPS LOW-INCOME
FAMILIES AND SENIORS REMAIN
HEALTHY AND SECURE FROM COLD
WINTERS IN THE NORTH AND HOT
SUMMERS IN THE SOUTH, AS WELL
AS KEEPING THEM FROM HAVING TO
FACE THE IMPOSSIBLE CHOICE OF
PAYING THEIR HOME ENERGY BILLS
OR AFFORDING OTHER NECESSITIES
SUCH AS TRANSCRIPTION DRUGS AND
FOOD.
AT A TIME OF RECORD DEFICITS
AND REDUCED SPENDING, WE MUST
TIGHTEN OUR RESPECTIVE BELTS.
HOWEVER, IT IS IMPERATIVE WE
MAKE SMART SPENDING CHOICES.
THAT BEING SAID, I BELIEVE WHEN
GIVEN THE CHOICE BETWEEN
ENSURING OUR SENIORS HAVE THE
ABILITY TO HEAT THEIR HOMES
DURING FRIGID NEW YORK WINTERS
OR PUTTING EVEN MORE MONEY IN
THE CATCH-ALL SLUSH FUND, AT
NASA THERE IS NO CHOICE AT ALL.
AS I HAVE STATED NUMEROUS
TIMES, I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE
THAT DEEP BUDGET CUTS ARE
REQUIRED TO GET THE GOVERNMENT
BACK ON A SOUND, FISCAL PATH.
HOWEVER, WE MUST FIRST LOOK TO
CUT SPENDING THAT IS TRULY
WASTEFUL.
FOR THAT REASON I STAND IN
SUPPORT OF REPRESENTATIVE BASS'
AMENDMENT AND I YIELD THE REST
OF MY TIME.
THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS
HIS TIME.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEWOMAN FROM CONNECTICUT
RISE?
I MOVE TO STRIKE THE LAST
WORD.
THE GENTLEMAN IS
RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.
TO CUT LIHEAP IS
$390 MILLION.
THAT WAS THE DECISION THAT IN
FACT IT WASN'T IMPORTANT ENOUGH
FOR THE WELL-BEING OF PEOPLE,
WHETHER THEY'RE IN THE
NORTHEAST OR WHETHER IN THE
MIDWEST OR OTHER PARTS OF THE
COUNTRY WHICH HAVE VERY TOUGH
WINTERS.
SO NOW WHAT THEY WOULD WANT TO
DO IS TO TAKE MONEY FROM
ELSEWHERE, TO OTHER WORTHY
PROGRAMS THAT IN FACT HAVE CUT
BUT WOULD FURTHER CUT.
IN THE INSTANCE OF MR. BASS'
AMENDMENT, HE WOULD REDUCE THE
MONEY FROM SAMSA, AND THAT IS
THE MONEY FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE
AND MENTAL ILLNESS.
WHAT IT DOES IS HELP REDUCES
IMPACT OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND
MENTAL ILLNESS ON AMERICA'S
COMMUNITIES BY FOCUSING ITS
NEED.
SERVICES ON THE PEOPLE MOST IN
IT TRANSFERS RESEARCH AND MAKES
IT USEFUL AND MORE EFFECTIVE SO
WE CAN GET THIS IN THE GENERAL
HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.
HOW DO YOU TREAT ADDICTION?
HOW DO YOU TREAT MENTAL
ILLNESS?
VERY DIFFICULT ISSUES.
SO THEY WOULD TAKE THAT MONEY
BUT THEY HAVE CUT LIHEAP.
LOW-INCOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE,
WHICH FOR THE MOST PART WE'RE
LOOKING AT LOW-INCOME PEOPLE,
AND IF IT APPLIES TO SENIORS,
WHAT THEY WILL DO IS THEY WON'T
COOK THEIR FOOD AT THE RIGHT
TEMPERATURE, AND THAT PUTS
THEIR HEALTH IN JEOPARDY.
THEY WILL BUY A SPACE HEATER
POTENTIALLY AND THEY PUT THEIR
LIVES IN JEOPARDY.
IF MY COLLEAGUES ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE AISLE REALLY CARE
ABOUT LOW-INCOME ENERGY
ASSISTANCE, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE
STARTED TO MAKE THEIR CUTS
THERE.
THEY WOULD HAVE MOVED TO THE
$40 BILLION IN SUBSIDIES FOR
OIL AND GAS.
THEY WOULD HAVE MOVED ELSEWHERE
TO LOOK FOR THIS FUNDING, AND
WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE DONE IS TO
CUT BACK ON THE SUBSIDIES FOR
SPECIAL INTERESTS TO DO THAT.
IT IS A BIT DISINGENUOUS AND IT
ROBS PETER TO PAY PAUL, BUT I
BELIEVE THAT'S THE NATURE OF
WHAT THIS UNFIXABLE BILL IS ALL
ABOUT.
I YIELD BACK.
THE GENTLEWOMAN
YIELD BACK.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM ILLINOIS RISE?
MADAM SPEAKER, I MOVE TO
STRIKE THE LAST WORD.
THE GENTLEMAN IS
RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.
THANK YOU.
I RISE TODAY TO SUPPORT THE
AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MY FRIEND
AND COLLEAGUE FROM NEW YORK,
MRS. LOWEY.
THIS AMENDMENT WILL RESTORE
VITAL FUNDING TO THE TITLE 10
FAMILY FUNDING PROGRAM.
NOW, I'M ALL IN ORDER OF
REDUCING OUR DEFICIT AND
GETTING OUR FISCAL HOUSE IN
ORDER, BUT LET'S BE CLEAR ON
SOMETHING.
THIS CUT TO TITLE 10 WILL NOT
SAVE MONEY.
THE OPPONENTS WANT US TO
BELIEVE CUTTING THESE FUNDS IS,
QUOTE, FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND
HAS TO BE DONE TO BALANCE OUR
BUDGET.
WHAT THEY DON'T
WANT US TO KNOW IS INVESTING IN
PLANNING -- FAMILY PLANNING
SAVES MONEY.
FOR EVERY $1 INVESTED,
TAXPAYERS SAVE NEARLY $4.
SO WHILE CUTTING FAMILY
PLANNING APPEARS TO BE A
SAVINGS UP FRONT, OVER THE LONG
RUN IT WILL COST US BOTH IN
DOLLARS AND IN HEALTH AND IN
THE WELL-BEING OF MILLIONS OF
WOMEN.
WHILE WE ARE BEING HONEST,
LET'S ALSO DISCUSS THE OTHER
MOTIVE FOR PROPONENTS OF
CUTTING TITLE X.
THEY ARGUE CUTTING FUNDS FOR
ABORTIONS.
FAMILY PLANNING WILL REDUCE
ONCE AGAIN THEY ARE WRONG.
IN FACT, IF THEY WANTED TO
REDUCE ABORTIONS, THEY WOULD
INCREASE FUNDING FOR TITLE 10.
WHY?
BECAUSE TITLE 10 SERVICES
PREVENT NEARLY ONE MILLION
UNINTENDED PREGNANCIES EACH
YEAR, ALMOST HALF OF WHICH
WOULD OTHERWISE END IN
ABORTION.
IF YOU WANT TO GET SERIOUS
ABOUT CUTTING FEDERAL SPENDING
AND REDUCING ABORTIONS, A GOOD
START WOULD BE INVESTING IN
TITLE 10, NOT ELIMINATING IT,
WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS
AMENDMENT WILL DO.
OF COURSE, IN ADDITION TO
REDUCING UNINTENDED PREGNANCIES
AND SAVING TAXPAYERS MONEY,
FAMILY PLANNING PROVIDERS LIKE
PLANNED PARENTHOOD PROVIDE
ESSENTIAL LIFE-SAVING AND
PREVENTATIVE CARE.
IN 2009, TITLE 10 PROVIDERS
PERFORMED 2.3 MILLION BREAST
EXAMS, 2.2 MILLION PAP TESTS
AND SIX MILLION TESTS FOR
S.T.I.'S AND FOR 6-10 WOMEN WHO
RECEIVE CARE FROM WOMEN'S
HEALTH CENTERS, THIS IS THEIR
ONLY SOURCE OF HEALTH CARE.
ELIMINATING ALL FUNDS FOR
FAMILY PLANNING WOULD CUT
MILLIONS OF WOMEN OFF THEIR
PRIMARY AND IN MANY CASES, ONLY
SOURCE OF HEALTH CARE.
TO THE MILLIONS OF WOMEN OUT
THERE WHO WANT COMPREHENSIVE
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE, THIS
IS WHAT THEY THINK OF YOU.
THEY THINK WOMEN SHOULD NOT
HAVE ACCESS TO BASIC
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE,
INCLUDING BIRTH CONTROL.
RECENT LEGISLATION REVEALED
THAT THEY THINK YOU SHOULDN'T
BE ABLE TO ACCESS CARE EVEN IF
***.
YOU ARE A VICTIM OF *** OR
THIS IS WHAT THEY THINK OF YOU.
ALL THESE BILLS REVEAL THE TRUE
CHOICE.
MINDSET OF THE OPPONENTS OF
WOMEN ARE NOT CAPABLE OF MAKING
THEIR OWN DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR
OWN HEALTH AND THEIR OWN LIVES.
THESE CUTS TO FAMILY PLANNING
PROGRAMS WOULD HAVE A
DEVASTATING IMPACT IN MY
COMMUNITY.
10 PLANNED PARENTHOOD HEALTH
CENTERS IN ILLINOIS PROVIDE
PRIMARY AND PREVENTATIVE CARE
INCLUDING FLU VACCINES,
DIABETES SCREENINGS AND
CHOLESTEROL SCREENINGS AND
WOULD ALL BE FORCED TO CLOSE.
THIS WOULD AFFECT APPROXIMATE
30,000 LOW-INCOME PATIENTS AND
ELIMINATES THE JOBS OF 200
HEALTH CENTER WORKERS, NOT
EXACTLY THE TYPE OF JOB
STIMULATING LEGISLATION WE
SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON.
THE CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING
CHOICES.
TODAY IS NOT ABOUT CHOICE BUT
WITH FAMILY PLANNING, WE CAN
REDUCE ABORTIONS AND SAVE THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MONEY.
WITHOUT, WE ONLY PRETEND TO DO
EITHER.
WITH FAMILY PLANNING, WE CAN
EMBRACE EDUCATING AND PROVIDING
HEALTH CARE TO WOMEN.
WITHOUT, WE ABANDON WOMEN WHO
NEED CARE THE MOST.
WITH FAMILY PLANNING WE CAN
EMPOWER THE WOMEN OF AMERICA
WITHOUT UNDERMINING THEM.
WE HAVE THE CHOICE.
AND WE MUST CHOOSE TO STAND UP
TO THESE ATTACKS AND FIGHT BACK
AGAINST THE MISTRUTHS BECAUSE
THE HEALTH, WELL-BEING, AND
LIVES OF MILLIONS OF WOMEN AND
THEIR FAMILIES ARE AT STAKE.
THIS AMENDMENT IS A STRIKE
AGAINST THESE WRONG-HEADED CUTS
TO FAMILY PLANNING.
I ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO
RESTORE FUNDING TO TITLE 10,
FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMS AND
VOTE YES ON MRS. LOWEY'S
AMENDMENT.
THANK YOU AND I YIELD BACK.
THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS
BACK.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEWOMAN FROM CALIFORNIA
RISE?
TO STRIKE THE LAST WORD.
THE GENTLEWOMAN IS
RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.
I RISE IN STRONG OPPOSITION
TO THE CONTINUING RESOLUTION
BECAUSE IT IGNORES THE NEEDS OF
AMERICA'S FAMILIES AND DOES
NOTHING TO CREATE JOBS,
STRENGTHEN THE MIDDLE CLASS, OR
EFFECTIVELY LOWER THE DEFICIT.
THE $1.3 BILLION CUT TO
ASTOUNDING.
COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS IS
IN MY DISTRICT ALONE, IF THESE
CUTS ARE ENACTED, OVER 112,000
INDIVIDUALS WILL SUFFER A
SIGNIFICANT LOSS IN PRIMARY
HEALTH SERVICES AND THEY WILL
BE FORCED TO USE COSTLY
HOSPITAL EMERGENCY CARE.
NATIONALLY
THESE CUTS MEAN HEALTH CENTERS
WILL BE UNABLE TO SERVE 11
MILLION PATIENTS OVER THE NEXT
YEAR.
IT MEANS OVER 127 NEW HEALTH
CENTERS IN UNDERSERVED
DISTRICTS WILL LOSE THEIR
FUNDS.
AND IT MEANS THE LOSS OF
THOUSANDS OF HEALTH CARE JOBS.
ALSO ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK IS
THE TITLE 10 PROGRAM WHICH
PROVIDES OVER 8,000 MEN AND
WOMEN IN MY DISTRICT WITH WE
PRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE AND
CANCER SCREENINGS.
NATIONALLY, THE $317 MILLION
CUT TO TITLE 10 WILL FORCE MANY
CLINICS TO CLOSE, ELIMINATING
ANOTHER PRIMARY CARE SAFETY NET
FOR FIVE MILLION MEN AND WOMEN.
ALSO UNBELIEVABLE IS THE $210
MILLION IN PROPOSED CUTS TO THE
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH BLOCK
GRANT PROGRAM.
THIS CUT WILL DEVASTATE PRIMARY
AND PREVENTATIVE HEALTH
SERVICES IN CALIFORNIA FOR AN
ESTIMATED 2.6 MILLION PREGNANT
WOMEN, INFANTS, AND SPECIAL
NEEDS CHILDREN.
THE CUTS ALSO ENDANGER OTHER
CRITICAL PROGRAMS SUCH AS
CALIFORNIA'S NEWBORN SCREENING
PROGRAM WHICH LAST YEAR TESTED
ALMOST 550,000 NEWBORNS FOR
TREATABLE, GENETIC YND
METABOLIC DISEASES, WHICH IF
UNDETECTED COULD HAVE BECOME
PAINFUL AND LIFE-THREATENING.
ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL, THESE
CUTS IN GRANTS WILL REDUCE OR
ELIMINATE PRENATAL HEALTH
SERVICES FOR TWO MILLION WOMEN
AND PRIMARY HEALTH CARE FOR
MORE THAN 17 MILLION CHILDREN.
IN A COUNTRY THAT RANKS FAR
BEHIND ALMOST ALL OTHER
DEVELOPED NATIONS IN MATERNAL
AND INFANT OUTCOMES, WE CAN ILL
AFFORD TO SLASH FUNDING FOR THE
ONLY FEDERAL PROGRAM THAT
FOCUSES SOLELY ON IMPROVING THE
HEALTH OF MOTHERS AND THEIR
BABIES.
MADAM CHAIR, THIS BILL IS A
TROJAN HORSE THAT PRETENDS TO
ADDRESS OUR NATION'S DEFICIT
CRISES AT THE EXPENSE OF THE
MOST VULNERABLE AMONG US.
THIS BILL IS NOT WORTHY OF THIS
HOUSE, FOR IT FAILS TO HONOR
THE TRUE PRIORITIES AND VALUES
OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
AND I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO
JOIN ME IN REJECTING THIS
IRRESPONSIBLE RESOLUTION.
I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY
TIME.
THE GENTLEWOMAN
YIELDS BACK.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEWOMAN FROM CALIFORNIA
RISE?
MADAM CHAIR, I RISE TO
STRIKE THE LAST WORD.
THE GENTLEMAN IS
RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.
THANK YOU.
MADAM CHAIR, I RISE TO SPEAK IN
STRONG SUPPORT OF THE LOWEY
AMENDMENT REINSTATING THE
FUNDING FOR THE FEDERAL TITLE
10 PROGRAM WHICH SUPPORTS
FAMILY FUNDING SERVICES FOR ALL
OUR CONSTITUENTS.
WHILE WE ALL AGREE ON THE NEED
TO REDUCE SPENDING, IT IS JUST
BAD POLICY TO ELIMINATE A
PROVEN, SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM THAT
SAVES THE TAXPAYER MONEY AND
PROVIDES CRITICAL HEALTH CARE
SERVICES FOR OUR MOTHERS, OUR
SISTERS, OUR FRIENDS.
THIS IS BAD POLICY.
THE TITLE 10 PROGRAM, THE ONLY
FEDERAL PROGRAM DEVOTED TO
FAMILY PLANNING IS THE CORE OF
THE PUBLIC EFFORT TO ENSURE
THAT ALL WOMEN REGARDLESS OF
INCOME HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND
HEALTH CARE THEY NEED TO PLAN
FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
ITS FLEXIBLE GRANT
FUNDS NOT ONLY HELP PAY FOR
DIRECT CLIENT SERVICES BUT ALSO
HELP TO ENSURE THAT STATE AND
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, AND
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY CAN PLACE SAFETY
NET CLINICS IN THE COMMUNITIES
.
THAT NEED THEM THE MOST.
THESE CLINICS THE PRIMARY HEALTH
CARE FOR WOMEN.
BY HELPING WOMEN AND COUPLES
PLAN AND FACE THEIR PREGNANCIES.
FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES HAVE
LED TO HEALTH YEAR WOMEN AND
CHILDREN AND INSTRUMENTAL IN THE
LONG STRUGGLE FOR WOMEN'S
EQUALITY IN EDUCATION, THE WORK
FORCE AND SOCIETY.
IN LIGHT OF THE ECONOMIC
DOWNTURN, THE FREEDOM THAT THE
TITLE 10 PROGRAM HAS GIVEN TO
WOMEN IN THE WORK FORCE IS
PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT.
BUT THIS PROGRAM HASN'T JUST
BEEN SUCCESSFUL FOR OVER 4.5
MILLION AMERICANS WHO USE IT
EVERY YEAR, BUT SUCCESSFUL FOR
THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER.
AS EVERY DOLLAR SPENT ON THIS
PROGRAM SAVES OUR NATION NEARLY
$4 IN RETURN.
IN LIGHT OF THE IMPORTANT ROLE
THAT FAMILY PLANNING HAS PLAYED
IN HEALTH CARE AND SOCIETY, THE
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND
PREVENTION HAS CALLED FAMILY
PLANNING ONE OF THE TOP 10
GREATEST PUBLIC HEALTH
ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY
ALONG SIDE THE OTHER CRITICAL
BREAK THROUGHS LIKE VACCINATIONS
AND CAMPAIGN AGAINST SMOKING.
TITLE 10 FAMILY PLANNING FUNDING
WAS ENACTED ON UNANIMOUS VOTE IN
THE SENATE BY AN OVERWHELMING
MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE.
WHEN SIGNED INTO LAW, THEN
PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON SAID IT
FULFILLED A PROMISE THAT NO
AMERICAN WOMAN SHOULD BE DENIED
ACCESS TO FAMILY PLANNING
BECAUSE OF HER ECONOMIC
CONDITIONS.
HOW FAR WE HAVE COME TO THIS DAY
WHERE WE HAVE THE RESEARCH TO
PROVE THAT A PROGRAM WORKS AND
YET THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN
LEADERSHIP HAS RECKLESSLY
DECIDED TO CUT IT COMPLETELY.
ELIMINATING TITLE 10 NOW WOULD
BE A DEVASTATING BLOW TO THE
HEALTH, SECURITY AND THE DREAMS
OF MILLIONS OF AMERICAN WOMEN
AND THEIR FAMILIES.
DENYING FIVE MILLION WOMEN
PREVENTATIVE CARE, INCLUDING
ANNUAL EXAMS, CONTRACEPTIVE
SERVICES, TESTING AND TREATMENT
FOR SEXUALLY DISSES.
IF MEMBERS WANT TO REDUCE OUR
DEFICIT, WE WOULD DOUBLE FUNDING
FOR FAMILY PLANNING WHICH COULD
SAVE TAXPAYER DOLLARS NEARLY $2
BILLION PER YEAR AND YET FOR
SOME REASON MY FRIENDS ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE BELIEVE
CUTTING THIS PROGRAM, DEFUNDING
A PROGRAM THAT ACTUALLY SAVES
AMERICANS MONEY AND IMPROVES THE
HEALTH OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS,
THAT SOMEHOW THIS IS A GOOD
IDEA.
FOR THOSE MEMBERS WHO ARE
OPPOSED TO TITLE 10 FUNDING, I
ASK YOU, HOW DO YOU PLAN TO
ENSURE THAT THE WOMEN IN YOUR
DISTRICT AND STATE HAVE ACCESS
TO--SAVING PRACTICES.
THE SHAM OF THIS BILL HAS NO
ANSWERS, BUT BROKEN PROMISES.
LET'S BE CLEAR A VOTE AGAINST
TITLE 10 IS A VOTE FOR
UNINTENDED PREGNANCIES AND VOTE
FOR THE SPREAD OF SEXUALLY
TRANSMITTED DISEASES AND IT IS A
VOTE FOR INCREASED RATE OF
CERVICAL CANCER AND BREAST
CANCER IF CAUGHT LATE IF AT ALL
AND A VOTE FOR INCREASED
ABORTION RATES.
I WOULD LIKE TO THINK OF THIS AS
AN OVERSIGHT.
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST ATTACK ON
WOMEN'S ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE.
COMBINED WITH THE MEAN-SPIRITED
BILLS MOVING THROUGH THE HOUSE
COMMITTEES THAT REOPEN THE
CULTURE WARS, IT IS OBVIOUS THAT
THIS EXTREME AND RECKLESS
PROPOSAL BY THE REPUBLICAN
MAJORITY TO DEFUND TITLE 10
CLINICS IS THE NEXT STEP IN AN
ALL OUT REPUBLICAN ASSAULT ON
WOMEN'S HEALTH.
THIS CONGRESS SHOULD BE FOCUSED
ON CREATING JOBS FOR THE
MILLIONS OF MOMS WORKING TO PUT
FOOD ON THE TABLE, NOT ATTACKING
THEIR RIGHTS AND THEIR HEALTH.
I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT
THE LOWEY AMENDMENT TO ADD SOME
COMMON SENSE TO THIS OMNIBUS
SPENDING BILL.
AND I YIELD BACK.
THE GENTLELADY YIELDS
BACK.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLELADY FROM CALIFORNIA RISE?
I MOVE TO STRIKE THE
LAST WORD.
LET ME SAY I'M SHOCK AND
APPALLED BY THE SPEAKER WHEN HE
SAID SO BE IT IN RELATION TO THE
CONTINUING JOB LOSSES.
INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS BY THE
NONPARTISAN POLICY INSTITUTE
INDICATES THAT THIS BILL WILL
RESULT IN THE DIRECT LOSS, MIND
YOU OF 800,000 PRIVATE AND
PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS.
INSTEAD OF EVERYTHING -- INSTEAD
OF DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN DO TO
HALT THE LOSS OF JOBS AND PUT
PEOPLE BACK TO WORK, THIS BILL
TAKES THE WRONG APPROACH PUTTING
OUR ECONOMY AND OUR COUNTRY BACK
ON THE PATH TO RECESSION.
FOR EVERY JOB OPENING IN THIS
COUNTRY, WE HAVE 4.7 UNEMPLOYED
PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR WORK.
WHY WOULD WE WANT TO ADD TO
THEIR NUMBERS?
SO BE IT CANNOT AND SHOULD NOT
BE OUR RESPONSE TO THIS ECONOMIC
CRISIS, NOT WITH A 9%
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AND OVER 15%
IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND
RECORD LAYOFFS AND FURLOUGHS AT
THE STATE LEVEL AND ESPECIALLY
NOT WHEN REPUBLICANS ARE
DEMANDING TAX BREAK FOR
MILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRES
PAID FOR THROUGH BOARD MONEY.
THIS IS WRONG AND I AM MORAL.
AS A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE
APPROPRIATION SUBCOMMITTEE ON
LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
AND EDUCATION, I AM IN STRONG
OPPOSITION TO THESE CRUEL CUTS.
BUDGETS ARE MORAL DOCUMENTS AND
THEY ARE A REFLECTION OF WHO WE
ARE AND WHAT WE VALUE.
THIS SPENDING BILL MAKES IT
CLEAR THAT THE POOR, YOUNG,
WOMEN, THE ELDERLY, TEACHERS,
FIREFIGHTERS, COPS AND THE
COMMUNITIES THAT THEY PROTECT
AND SERVE ARE NOT VALUED.
MAKE NO MISTAKE, THIS BILL WILL
HARM THE MOST VULNERABLE AMONG
US AND IT REPRESENTS A
WRONG-HEADED APPROACH TO
REDUCING THE DEFICIT OR
EXPANDING JOB GROWTH IN OUR
COUNTRY.
MADAM CHAIRMAN, I'M CONCERNED
ABOUT THE PROPOSED CUTS TO
EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS.
AMONG THE RANGE OF CUTS INCLUDE
WORK FORCE INVESTMENT ACTS
PROGRAMS WHICH LAST YEAR HELPED
OVER 8.4 MILLION JOB SEEKERS
FIND JOBS.
THEY GOT ADDITIONAL EDUCATION
AND JOB TRAINING SUPPORT.
THIS IS BEING CUT.
ALL TOLD, WHEN COUNTING
RECISIONS OF PRIOR FUNDING,
ELIMINATION OF THE REQUESTED
FUNDING TO RUN THESE EMPLOYMENT
AND TRAINING PROGRAMS, THEY WILL
EXPERIENCE A $5 BILLION CUT.
REPUBLICAN CUTS WILL PROLONG THE
RECESSION AND KEEP AMERICANS
COLLECTING UNEMPLOYMENT INSTEAD
OF TRAINING AND GETTING READY
FOR OUR 21ST JOB OPPORTUNITIES.
HOW CAN WE CUT JOB TRAINING
PROGRAMS IN THE MIDDLE OF AN
ECONOMIC CRISIS?
HOW WILL MY REPUBLICAN
COLLEAGUES RESPOND TO THE
UNEMPLOYED WHO COME TO THEM AND
ASK THEM FOR HELP?
WILL THEY SAY SO BE IT?
PELL GRANTS PROVIDE FUNDING TO
STUDENTS BUT WHO NEED HELP.
IN MY DISTRICT ALONE, THERE ARE
16 INSTITUTIONS THAT PROVIDE
PELL GRANTS TO OVER 18,000
RECIPIENTS.
THIS PROPOSAL WOULD CUT PELL
GRANTS BY $845, MAKING COLLEGE
LESS AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE
FOR LOW AND MODERATE-INCOME
STUDENTS.
MORE THAN 8 MILLION STUDENT --
BENEFIT FROM PELL GRANTS AND
MANY WOULD BE HURT BY THIS CUT
ESPECIALLY IF SCHOOLS ARE RISING
TUITION FEES AND DEALING WITH
RISING STATE BUDGETS.
THE BUDGET ELIMINATES FEDERAL
FUNDING FOR SUPPLEMENTAL
EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY GRANTS
WHICH COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
USE TO ASSIST UNDERGRADUATES WHO
HAVE THE GREATEST FINANCIAL
NEED.
THAT PROGRAM ASSISTED 1.3
MILLION COLLEGE STUDENTS LAST
YEAR.
HEAD START UNDER THIS PROPOSAL
IS CUT BY NEARLY $1.1 BILLION.
THIS WILL KNOCK OUT 200,000
CHILDREN MIND YOU IN REPUBLICAN
AND DEMOCRAT DISTRICTS FROM
PARTICIPATING IN THIS CRITICAL
EARLY EDUCATION PROGRAM.
THIS HELPS PROVIDE HEALTH,
NUTRITION AND SUPPORTIVE
SERVICES TO PREPARE OUR CHILDREN
FOR SCHOOL.
THE JOB CORPS PROGRAM, THIS IS
CUT BY $891 MILLION WHICH WILL
RESULT IN JOB LOSS IN
COMMUNITIES IN EVERY STATE.
THE MAJORITY OF WHICH ARE IN THE
PRIVATE SECTOR.
1.7 BILLION IS LOST IN ECONOMIC
ACTIVITY AS A RESULT OF THIS.
36,000 AT-RISK YOUNG PEOPLE WILL
BE TURNED AWAY FROM JOB CORPS,
COSTING THE GOVERNMENT AND THE
ECONOMY AS MUCH AS $17 BILLION
OVER THE COURSE OF THEIR
LIFETIME.
ADDITIONALLY, THE CUTS WILL
GUARANTEE THE CLOSURE, MIND YOU,
OF 75 JOP CORPS CENTERS ACROSS
THE NATION, IN YOUR DISTRICTS
AND OUR DISTRICTS.
SLASHING ONE OF THE MOST
EFFECTIVE, ACCOUNTABLE AND
MARKET-DRIVEN PROGRAMS AND THIS
IS THE WRONG MOVE AT THE WRONG
TIME.
THE MAJORITY HAS SAID THEY WANT
TO CUT THE DEFICIT, BUT IN
EFFECT, THEY ARE CUTTING THE
SOCIAL SAFETY NET, CUTTING THE
LIFELINE FOR THOSE WHO NEED IT
THE MOST.
THIS C.R. LEADS US DOWN A PATH
IN HOPELESSNESS AND JOBLESSNESS
AND DESTROYS THE FUTURE FOR OUR
YOUNG PEOPLE.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES
THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM TEXAS RISE?
TO STRIKE THE
LAST WORD.
THE GENTLEWOMAN IS
RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.