[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5151]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. MORAN of Kansas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. MORAN of Kansas. The National Right to Life Committee and Planned 
Parenthood don't agree on much, but over the past few days they both 
agree that the executive order regarding abortion that President Obama 
signed is meaningless. This order states that no public funds will be 
used to pay for abortions in the health care insurance exchanges set up 
under the plan. But an executive order cannot change law, and the bill 
President Obama signed into law on Tuesday allows taxpayer money to 
fund abortion.
  Directing taxpayer dollars to fund abortion is a violation of many 
Americans' deeply held beliefs, and we should not be forced to 
compromise our core moral principles as a means to health care reform.
  This new law represents a retreat from the Hyde amendment, which has 
banned the use of taxpayer funds for abortions since 1976.
  Republicans and Democrats in the House have agreed on little during 
the health care debate. The one amendment that passed with bipartisan 
support was eliminated in the rush to pass health care reform using 
reconciliation.
  Expediency replaced principle.

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