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Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Brian Babin (TX-36) issued the following statement today after voting against a short-term government spending bill that maintains taxpaying funding of Planned Parenthood:

“I cannot think of a more important issue to take a stand on than protecting the lives of innocent, unborn children. There is absolutely no excuse to allowing continued taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood in light of their disgusting and illegal efforts to harvest tissue from aborted babies.  Unfortunately, Congress has once-again failed to utilize its Constitutional authority to protect American taxpayers from funding this corrupt organization.  It is absolutely wrong that American taxpayers are being forced to hand over their hard-earned tax dollars to the largest abortion provider in the nation. 

“This bill also failed to receive my support because it lacks the critical provisions needed to prevent taxpayer funds from being used to carry out the President’s unconstitutional executive amnesty actions, as well as his disastrous health care law and dangerous nuclear deal with Iran. Going forward, I encourage all my colleagues to strengthen their resolve and fight harder in defense of the American taxpayer and their priorities.”