Theres body parts, you will have prices. Mr. Duffy i now yield to the gentleman from North Carolina, mr. Walker. Mr. Walker thank you, representative duffy, for your leadership in this matter. Tonight i join my colleagues in speaking out against the barbaric and heinous actions we witnessed where planned parenthood was caught selling body parted of a parts of aborted children. In 2013, planned parenthood performed 3, 350,000 abortions. Ironically it was in 2013 that president obama became the only sitting president tover address this organization. It was at this address that the president desaied to invoke gods blessing on this hideous organization. The mask is coming off this organization that barters the body parts of a baby. So many of us here are parents. We have watched in awe the ultra sound images of our children. We have seen their hearts beat and marveled at gods creation, how fearfully and wonderfully theyre made. How can we not stand idly and not speak out for these lives, the very least of these . Thats why ive taken immediate action by joining several of my colleagues in a letter speaking out against planned parenthoods evil and depraved actions and fully support congressional invest into this organization. Im pleased to be a proud cosponsor of congresswoman plaques blacks bill. We must stop these organizations from receiving a single taxpayer daughter under the title x program. I urge the senate to act quickly to pass the houses legislation that assures no taxpayer dollars are used for abortions. H. R. 7, the no taxpayer funding for abortion and abortion insurance full disclosure act of 2015. May god give us continued courage to seek justice love mercy and speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves. Thank you, i yield back. Mr. Duffy i now yield to one of the most powerful by powerful voices in the house, specifically on the life issue, mrs. Blackburn. Mrs. Blackburn i thank the gentleman and thank him for his leadership in organizing this hour. We come to the floor tonight as mothers and grandmothers and dads and grand dads and we come with just such heavy hearts and such a burden for what we have found out, for what we have seen and for what has been made public about planned parenthood. I tell you, mr. Speaker, i thought it was very interesting that the head of planned parenthood came out this week and said, oh we think there are more videos to come. Thats because they know theyve been caught. And they the theyre and they know theyre guilty. And they know what they have done. And no amount of trying to go out and push it to the side is going to push this to the side. That is why ile that is why our economy, the house energy and Commerce Committee, is is taking up an investigation. We are already working on this. We are pushing forward to get the witnesses before us and to exercise the appropriate oversight that is there for us to do. Planned parenthood does get federal taxpayer dollars. The problem is money is fungible. When you see what has been carried out in these videos, in their own words, what they describe, you know how destructive that process is. As mr. Walker just said, planned parenthood conducts over 300,000 abortions a year. They are the nations largest Abortion Provider. Now, their focus is no longer Family Planning or Womens Health. Its abortion. And what we have found out is through this sector of their business that is focused on abortion they have now moved even further away and they are into selling body parts. Harvesting and selling body parts. We have heard and the members speak so eloquently to this, and i know mr. Speaker, people can hear the emotion in our voices and in our hearts because this is a subject you dont think about discussing on the house floor. But it is one that has been left for us to oversee. They talk about procuring these body parts and in their own words, talk about setting the price, negotiating. Dealing with the tissue brokers. It is the most abhorrent and inhumane statement and words and conduct, the conduct and the demeanor of these individuals on those videotapes cannot be denied. And the casual nature with which they discuss this, as if it is routine. Its an expected part of their business. That is why we are moving forward to investigate them. That is why we feel funding should be restricted. You know, over 65 of the American People mr. Speaker, are against the use of taxpayer funds for abortion and it is time for us to deal. To deal. And to hold accountable and to restrict and to put some barriers around what has been happening with planned parenthood. It is an investigation we will pursue until we know the truth and have every element of truth. With that i yield back to the gentleman and i thank him for the time. I thank the gentlelady. Mr. Duffy when you talk about a procedure thats less crunchy, what are they talking about . Theyre talking about crunching human bones. Mrs. Blackburn and the price. And setting a price for this. And just the routine nature. This was not the first time they had done this. And listening to them, that has that is made very apparent. I yield back. Mr. Duffy i appreciate the gentlelady. Im proud to yield to one of my food friends, the gentlelady from North Carolina mrs. Ellmers. Mrs. Ellmers i thank the gentleman from wisconsin for holding this very important special order. And i want to thank my colleagues who are here today talking about this very important issue. Mr. Speaker, its not the first time that we have come together to talk about the importance of protecting life, life of those who are yet to be born. But i cant even begin to tell you how disgusted i am, how nauseous i am right now that we are having this discussion about the sale of baby body parts that planned parenthood so values the organs of the unborn and yet so disvalues the life of the unborn. Mr. Speaker, i rise today with a heavy heart in sharing these concerns with my fellow colleagues. We now know about the two videos that have been released. The first video showing the senior director of the medical services at planned parenthood bragging in gruesome detail on how this group harvests and sells the organs. She describes how they take particular care of the babys organs. But if only this group were just as devout to show so much care time, and attention to the life of the baby. In the second video details of how the health of the mother are purposefully put in jeopardy to yield pristine, viable organs. Mr. Speaker, this is sickening. This is all for a price, a price which is being negotiated. Regardless of you are a prolife individual or a prochoice individual you have to be absolutely apalled at this. As a nurse, a mother and one who believes that the life of the yet to be born should be protected, i cant begin to understand how someone can recount these appalling details in such a nonchalant manner unless this has become routine. As representatives it is our job to protect the rights of women. It is our job to protect the rights of the unborn. This horrific revelation warrants a response from congress and i am proud to be on the energy and Commerce Committee to begin this investigation. Mr. Speaker, once again with a heavy heart, i yield back the remainder of my time. Mr. Duffy mrs. Ellmers, i appreciate your comments and look forward to an aggress i investigation by the energy and Commerce Committee. I now want to recognize the gentleman from ohio, mr. Gibbs. Mr. Gibbs thank you and i thank the gentleman for holding this special order tonight. Last week, millions of americans saw the horrific video in which a top planned parenthood doctor detailed the grew ma nature of abortion procedures. The casual conversation about trashing an urn born child is nothing short of barbaric. What is worse is the gokes of the price of the remains of the unborn child in a second video released today dr. Gatter discusses a quote, less crunchy proceed wrur, to preserve body parts and jokes about needing to purchase a lamborghini. For the profit with the profits from those organ sales. This is not a joke. Profiting from the sale of human organs is illegal and so is changing a proceed wrur for organ harvesting. This is a terrible reminder of what an abortion really. Is the ending of a life of a child. If harvested organ are so valuable, how valuable is a child . Is a child not worth more than the sum of its parts . How long will we as a nation continue to allow these despicable acts . This will serve as an opportunity for americans to reflect on the precious nature of life and how we treat the unborn, who are truly the most vulnerable and innocent among us. I thank Speaker Boehner and the jew dish judiciary and energy and Commerce Committees for opening investigations to determine what if any, federal laws were broken. The house must not provide any federal funds to planned parenthood when they condone and profit from these actions. I call on the president to denounce these practices and urge my colleagues in the house to support the elimination of federal funding for planned parenthood and i yield back. Mr. Duffy i couldnt agree more with the gentleman from ohio in terms of they have taxpayer money being used for abortion system of Many Americans are outraged by planned parenthood the abortions and now specifically these videos that have come to light. I recognize the gentleman from colorado, mr. Lamb born, to talk about this very important issue. Mr. Lamborn i thank the gentleman for the time and for his continued leadership on this critical matter of life. I rise sickened and angered by yet another report showing what planned parenthoods limitless disregard for the unborn child is. Watching senior planned parenthood executives discuss the sale of aborted babies body parts while they casually dine is beyond revolting this ka louse barbarism should have no place in civilized society. Im also troubled to have learned that some of these jab hornet transactions may have taken place in my home state of colorado. Reports surfaced last week that Colorado State university appears to have violated state law by purchasing aborted baby body parts from a california affiliate of planned parenthood. If true, this would seem to violate a law that became law during my time in the Colorado State senate prohibiting the purchase of fetal tissue from an abortion. I have sent a letter to the university demanding an explanation. Further, i have provided a copy of the letter to the Colorado Attorney general and urged her office to launch a full investigation. These troubling revelations exposing the monotyization of fetal organ the monetization of fetal organs show the need to defund planned parenthood. Its unacceptable that we continue to force tax payers to subsidize this corrupt organization that disregards the dignity of human life while seeking to extract monetary gain from its destruction. I yield back to the gentleman from wisconsin. Mr. Duffy i appreciate the gentleman yieldsing back. Im proud to recognize one of my colleagues on the financial services, one of our chairmen who has been doing fantastic work and a champion for life, the gentleman from michigan, mr. Huizenga. Mr. Huizenga i thank my friend and klieg from wisconsin for his leadership on this and so many others. I just wish the American People could be here on this floor right now and feel the passion, frustration honestly, the anger , and i especially want to address my female colleagues to who have been here and who have had the courage to come and take a stand that isnt always done. And i think it was especially hard a little earlier as we were doing oneminutes seing a colleague watching a oneminute address from an apologist of planned parenthood calling these horrors trumped up. Trumped up. Disgusting, frankly. Amazing. This is one of the reasons why i voted, along with a number of my other colleagues, a vast majority of my colleagues on the republican side voted to defund planned parenthood. 41 of their total revenue is taxpayer dollars. 1. 5 billion in 2011 through 2012. We must never forget that were not just talking about numbers on a spread sheet. Were talking about unborn children. Not lab specimens. Were talking about human lives. We must continue to fight for every unborn child here. Just because of their intrinsic worth, not because of a spread sheet or a price list that planned parenthood or any other organization has put together. We must continue that fight. Especially when there are so many other options. Adoption options that are out there. When you see the work being done by Crisis Pregnancy Centers like in my area, the lake shore Pregnancy Center or the right to life organizations, or any of those others that are out there in the trenches, praying for, working for not just those children but frankly the parents that may be making a bad decision. But we must continue to fight for the unborn here in congress. I know i pledge to do that. I know so many of my other colleague does too and we must promote that culture of life and Strong Families in west michigan and this nation and around the world. And i would just like to again thank my colleagues for calling attention to this horrific, horrific act thats been going on. With that i yield back. Mr. Duffy i appreciate the gentlemans comments. Im about to yield to the gentlelady from missouri, but this debate has been going on for some time. Not long ago there was a debate between Rick Santorum and now senator boxer who during that debate senator boxer was talking about life beginning when you take your baby home from the hospital. I mean, some of the viewpoints on the other side are absolutely outrageous and it just shows theres a lot of work to do. To the gentlelady from missouri mrs. Hartzler, i yield time to talk about this important issue. Mrs. Hartzler thank you. I thank my colleague from wisconsin for your leadership and hosting this special order tonight. You know, its vital that we have this extremely important conversation concerning the unborn. And while this topic is very difficult to discuss, it is something we must talk about and recognize in order to stop the unspeakable horrors currently taking place. Last week and this morning new videos were released detailing how planned parenthood harvests and sells the body parts of aborted children. For decades planned parenthood employees have tried to diminish the humanity of the unborn by belittling them to blobs of tissue. However, this video is evidence that planned parenthood knows that these are not simply blobs of tissue, but actual human beings that have tiny lungs, livers and beating hearts. We need to get our priorities straight. In the video the planned parenthood doctor callously describes altering abortion procedures by crushing a babys body in order to preserve certain organs for harvesting. They says, im basically going to crush below, im going to crush above. This is human life were talking about. We cannot stand by while aborted baby parts are being sold for profit. This mornings video shows another planned parenthood doctor shamelessly haggling over the price of an aborted of aborted baby body parts. She discusses how the price could change based on the volume and developal stage of the aborted babies. While im pleased that there are federal and state level investigations under way. I believe more needs to be done. Planned parenthood has received over 200 million in federal funds since 2012. It is clear that planned parenthood places profit not Womens Health and safety ahead of all else. And they must be stopped. I urge support for congressman blacks legislation that prohibits all federal funds to planned parenthood. Federal dollars cannot continue to flow to any entity that has such a blatant and heartless disregard for human life. I yield back. Mr. Duffy i appreciate the gentlelady yielding back and for her powerful words. Now im proud to recognize the gentleman from texas, mr. Weber. Mr. Weber i thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, before i begin my prepared remarks, i want to Say Something to my mom in pearland texas. Mom, thanks for being prolife. Thanks for cradling even the very thought of me in your heart and mind before i was conceived. And, mom, thanks for cradling me in your womb and to later in your boss am and then in your bosom and then in your lap and all my young years. I love you, mom, thank you. Mr. Speaker, i cannot tell you how deeply disturbed i am by these videos that have been unearthed showing employees of planned parenthood selling body parts of aborted beans. It has long babies. It has long been my mission to fight against any organization that will not protect the unborn. As a member of the texas state house, i voted alongside other house texas house conservatives to defund planned parenthood in texas to ensure that taxpayer money would not be used on these ghastly abortion procedures. And now as a member of congress, mr. Speaker, i have fought with my alongside my colleagues to protect the unborn and the sanctity of life. On may 13, the house voted in strong support of my good friend representative trent franks, of arizonas legislation, h. R. 36, the paincapable unborn Child Protection act. A crucial piece of prolife legislation that bans the murder of babies who are at least five months old in the womb and can indeed feel the excruciating pain of dismemberble dismemberment and a ghastly death that planned parenthood would perpetrate on them. Now as a member of congress, congress i continue the fight with my colleagues to protect the unborn and the sanctity of life. In 2013, we saw the horror of dr. Gosnell and now we see the real disturbing practices of planned parenthood and their black market sale of body parts of aborted babies. Mr. Speaker, i only ask this. How can organizations put a price on tissues, limbs and livers and not acknowledge that there is life at the time of conception . No price can be placed upon the worth of seeing a child born and take his first breath. And, dad before i go, thank you for standing alongside mom and being prolife. I love you both. Mr. Speaker, i yield back. Mr. Duffy i appreciate the gentleman yielding back. Well said. Arent we all grateful that our parents were prolife. Gives us a chance to be on this floor and express our views. Im now proud to yield to the gentlelady from washington the chair of our conference but more importantly a mother, mrs. Mcmorris rogers. Mrs. Mcmorris rodgers thank you. I want to join in expressing appreciation to congressman duffy, th