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“DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1996” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Labor was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E1700 on Aug. 11, 1995.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1996
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speech of
HON. SHERWOOD L. BOEHLERT
of new york
in the house of representatives
Wednesday, August 2, 1995
The House in Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union had under consideration the bill (H.R. 2127) making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes:
Mr. BOEHLERT. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of the Greenwood amendment--an amendment that really ought to be noncontroversial.
For starters, this amendment has nothing to do with abortion. Title X programs do not fund abortions. What these programs do instead is help over 5 million women to receive many primary health care services. Title X clinics serve as the entry point to the health care system--and the only source of services that would otherwise be unavailable to many women.
In addition, title X funding helps deter unintended pregnancies, particularly teenage pregnancies. Members of this House who argued so strenuously for the need to reduce teenage pregnancies during the welfare debate, ought to be the strongest supporters of family planning. But strangely, this is not the case.
Family planning also helps save the American taxpayers $1.8 billion annually. How? Every dollar spent on family planning saves $4 that would otherwise be spent on medical and welfare costs.
In short, family planning improves both the Nation's health and its economy. It should not become the victim of unrelated ideological struggles. I urge my colleagues to support the Greenwood amendment.
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