Rand: My Amendment Would End Funding to Planned Parenthood, But It Is Being Blocked By... Republicans

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PAUL: "Mr. President, Planned Parenthood ends the lives of 320,000 babies each year. That’s about 900 babies every day. Planned Parenthood receives over $400 million of taxpayer money. The Government with the wink and a nod tells us that Planned Parenthood doesn’t spend the money on abortions. But everybody knows that the taxpayers are really cross subsidizing Planned Parenthood’s abortion bills. My amendment would end funding to Planned Parenthood. My amendment is already included in the House version. And yet my amendment is now being blocked by Republicans. Why would Republicans block a vote on defending planned Parenthood? It may surprise some. Because so many Republicans go home saying they’re against Planned Parenthood but this vote could happen right now, right now today if Republicans don’t object. Everybody knows Democrats love abortion and Planned Parenthood more than life itself. But Republicans? Many voters think the Republicans actually care about the unborn. Many voters think Republicans are really opposed to government-funded abortions. But the dirty little secret is that Republican leadership is blocking my amendment to defund Planned Parenthood. That’s right. The Republican leadership has filled the amendment tree to block my defund planned Parenthood amendment. But how can that be? Surely Republican leadership doesn’t favor abortion funding? The answer is a curious one. The truth is that Republican leadership favors bloated government spending more than they care about Planned Parenthood."