House Proceeding 03-18-09 on Mar 18th, 2009 :: 0:03:05 to 0:06:35
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Virginia Foxx: their seats. the gentlewoman opposed to the bill. ms. foxx: i am, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: mrs. foxx of north carona moves to recommit the bill of h.r. 1388 with instructions to the house forthwith with the following amendments.

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Speech By: Virginia Foxx

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Virginia Foxx: the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. the gentlewoman will suspend. ms. foxx: i move to dispense with the reading. the speak objection, so ordered. the gentlewoman is recognized for five minutes. ms. foxx: thank you, madam

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Virginia Foxx: speaker, this motion to recommit codifies activities with regard to organizations ineligible for grants from the corporation of national community service and americorps. union organizing and engaging in partisan political activities or religious instruction conducting voter registration or providing direct benefits to for-profit

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Virginia Foxx: businesses, labor unions or political parties and adds to the list of organizations those who promote or provide abortions as well as for-prit organizations, labor organizations, lobists and those indicted for voter fraud. organizations are prohibited from receiving funds under these instructions if they are also co-located with an organization

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Virginia Foxx: that engages in prohibited activities. finally, no organization tha receives funds under this bill may displace current employed workers or volunteers. madam speaker, the overriding principle here is money is fungible. funds must be used for the purpose of service and encouraging others to serve within their communities and

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Virginia Foxx: must not be allowed to be used for prohibited activities. groups that may be eligible for these grants if this m.t.r. were not to pass include a laundry list of organizations that engage in activities that many americans do not support. for example, acorn employees and supervisors have been indicted for voter fraud.

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Virginia Foxx: during the 2008 election, proof surfaced that voter registration by the group within the words of the "new york times" vastly overstated including registration for disney characters and dallas cowboy football players. instances of inaccurate registration and fraud are greater when they receive payments.

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Virginia Foxx: the american taxpayers suld not be forced to pay for fraudulent behavior. for the current 2008-2009 americorps service year, an oregon planned parenthood has a listed position for a paid volunteer. this volunteer would be responsible for quote,

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Virginia Foxx: providing, protecting access to reproductive and sexual health care for men, women and teens. while they should be aware of how health care services within their communities, the federal government prohibits use of federal funds to be used for abortion as a form of family planning. planned parenthood is the largest abortion provider in the

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Virginia Foxx: u.s. and taxpayers dollars should not be used to fund volunteers at organizations such as this. they meet many needs in our society, however the federal government should not be paying indiduals to pay volunteers at organizations that are prohibited from receiving

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Virginia Foxx: taxpayer dollars. this inot acceptable. this motion to recommit ensures directed towards programs that are politically divisive and morally objectionable and ensures that volunteers and recipients of corporation grants