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07-12-2017, 01:59 PM #1
Build border wall with funds from Planned Parenthood, food stamps
Steve King: Build border wall with funds from Planned Parenthood, food stamps
07/12/17 10:27 AM EDT
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) is calling for using federal funding for Planned Parenthood and food stamps to help pay for President Trump’s southern border wall, the Washington Examiner reported Wednesday.
On Tuesday, the House Appropriations Committee introduced a spending bill that would allocate $1.6 billion toward building the wall separating the U.S. from Mexico. The funding is part of the total $13.8 billion for Customs and Border Protection.
King said he supports the spending measure, but he would prefer an additional $5 billion for the wall — and suggested taking the extra funding from Planned Parenthood and federal welfare programs.
“I would find half of a billion dollars of that right out of Planned Parenthood's budget," he told the Examiner. "And the rest of it could come out of food stamps and the entitlements that are being spread out for people that haven't worked in three generations."
"We've got to put America back to work, this administration will do it," King said.
A spokeswoman for Planned Parenthood said the group “receives federal funding the same way as every other hospital or community health care provider: through Medicaid reimbursements,” adding that King’s comments make no sense.
“For Rep. Steve King to propose using Medicaid reimbursements to pay for a border wall is nonsensical and cruel. Blocking individuals on Medicaid from going to Planned Parenthood for preventive care will result in people losing access to care,” Erica Sackin said.
King went on that he believes the border wall would create millions of new jobs and reduce the amount of public assistance people would need.
King added that food stamps were created to fight malnutrition but that the people who benefit from these programs are now overweight.
"Now we have a problem of obesity," he said. "And when you match up the [Electronics Benefits Transfer] card with what the scales say on some of the folks, I think it's worth looking at. [Former first lady] Michelle Obama looked at it, Republicans should be able to look at it too."
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/34...ned-parenthood
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07-12-2017, 03:18 PM #2
You can't un-ring that bell! There IS a paper trail, and I will totally support anyone who tracks down all the illegal votes!
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07-12-2017, 03:31 PM #3
Cut off ALL foreign aid and build that WALL.
Stop giving OUR money to other countries!!! We owe them nothing.
Defund UN and boot them off our soil...we owe this corrupt organization nothing.
PLENTY OF OUR MONEY TO BUILD THE WALL...GET IT DONE!ILLEGAL ALIENS HAVE "BROKEN" OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM
DO NOT REWARD THEM - DEPORT THEM ALL
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