{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.paul.senate.gov/news-dr-rand-paul-introduces-amendment-stop-federal-funding-abortion-providers/", "Dr. Rand Paul Introduces Amendment to Stop Federal Funding of Abortion Providers", "2018-08-17", "2018", "2018-08", "Republican", "Senate", "KY", "Rand Paul", "P000603", "www.paul.senate.gov", "paul", "https://www.paul.senate.gov/news/", "scraper", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:\n\nAugust 17, 2018\n\nContact: Press@paul.senate.gov, 202-224-4343\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Yesterday, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced an amendment to H.R. 6157, the Senate appropriations package for Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, that would stop taxpayer dollars from going to Planned Parenthood and other entities that perform abortions.\n\n\u201cOne of the top priorities for a Republican Congress that professes pro-life values on the campaign trail should be to stop taxpayer funding for abortion providers. This is our chance to turn our words into action, stand up for the sanctity of life, and speak out for the most innocent among us that have no voice,\u201d said Dr. Paul.\n\nThe amendment contains the same language preventing such spending as the FY 2019 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education funding bill that passed the U.S. House Appropriations Committee in July, and it does not block health care providers that do not perform abortions from continuing to receive federal funding for women\u2019s health services.\n\nAffected entities that stop performing abortions would be eligible to have their funding restored.\n\nYou can read Dr. Paul\u2019s amendment below.\n\nThe action is only the latest step in Dr. Paul\u2019s continuing efforts to stand up in Congress for the unborn.\n\nIn addition to previously introducing standalone legislation and an amendment to defund Planned Parenthood in 2015, as well as forcing the Senate to go on the record on his proposal, Dr. Paul is also an original cosponsor of S. 2311, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, and he reintroduced S. 231, his Life at Conception Act, in January 2017.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-27T23:04:48Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.paul.senate.gov/news-dr-rand-paul-introduces-amendment-stop-federal-funding-abortion-providers/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8219270966947079, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}