{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.paul.senate.gov/news-republicans-block-sen-rand-pauls-amendment-defund-planned-parenthood/", "Republicans Block Sen. Rand Paul\u2019s Amendment to Defund Planned Parenthood", "2018-08-23", "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 23, 2018\n\nContact: Press@paul.senate.gov, 202-224-4343\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 As the U.S. Senate continues to consider the minibus appropriations package for Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) will speak on the Senate floor regarding Senate Republican leadership blocking his amendment that would stop taxpayer dollars from going to Planned Parenthood and other entities that perform abortions, and he will call on leadership to allow a vote.\n\nDr. Paul\u2019s amendment would not prevent health care providers that do not perform abortions from continuing to receive federal funding for women\u2019s health services, and affected entities that stop performing abortions would be eligible to have their funding restored.\n\nYou can watch Dr. Paul speak live HERE, and you can find background information on Dr. Paul\u2019s amendment below:\n\nBACKGROUND\n\n\u2022 This amendment would make sure that federal tax dollars are not going to organizations that perform abortions, like Planned Parenthood.\n\n\u2022 Funds for these services would continue to be provided to entities that are eligible and not performing abortions, such as community health centers.\n\n\u2022 There are over 10,000 community health center facilities across the country, providing health services to more than 27 million patients \u2013 compared with 2.4 million who use Planned Parenthood services.\n\n\u2022 Though Planned Parenthood advocates claim that women receive mammograms at its facilities, none of the organization\u2019s 650 facilities actually offer mammograms.\n\n\u2022 According to Planned Parenthood\u2019s own report for 2016-2017, it performed 321,384 abortions, averaging out to a rate of 881 per day, or one every 98 seconds.\n\n\u2022 According to GAO, PPFA affiliates receive nearly $60 million per year in family planning grants and over $400 million per year in Medicaid reimbursements. Overall, Planned Parenthood received $543.7 million in federal funding, or nearly 40% of PP\u2019s revenue.\n\n\u2022 In total, Planned Parenthood is a $1.5 billion taxpayer-funded abortion corporation.\n\n\u2022 Last year, Planned Parenthood spent $75.6 million on \u201cmovement building\u201d alone, spending $128.3 million on a combination of political activities. In addition, it spent $85 million fundraising.\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-republicans-block-sen-rand-pauls-amendment-defund-planned-parenthood/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7331119850277901, "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"}