Dr. Rand Paul Stops Democrats Attempt to Give Free Money to Planned Parenthood

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), ranking member of the Senate Small Business Committee, forced Democrats to remove a provision in their massive $1.9 trillion liberal wish list of a spending bill that would have allowed every Planned Parenthood across America to receive free money through the Paycheck Protection Program – money which was always intended for small businesses.

“Democrats knew this was never about COVID relief or helping small businesses,” said Dr. Paul. “It was a shameless attempt to fund their radical agenda on the taxpayers’ backs and I was successful in preventing that from happening by stopping these funds from going to abortion mills.”

BACKGROUND:
Under the House passed version of the bill, individual Planned Parenthood locations would be treated as separate and distinct entities, being eligible for federal assistance under the PPP.

The original congressional intent of PPP was to limit large and well-financed groups, such as Planned Parenthood from receiving a loan, and instead provide relief to small business affected by COVID-19.

Democrats had planned to waive affiliation rules for nonprofits to provide paycheck protection loans to Planned Parenthood in the House version of the COVID-19 relief package.

The Paul team strenuously argued to the Senate Parliamentarian that this waiver would only benefit Planned Parenthood and thus violated the so-called Byrd rule. Before the Parliamentarian was able to rule on the arguments presented, the Democrats filed an updated version of the bill that did not include the offending provision – a concession that avoided setting a precedent.

Dems knew this wasn’t about COVID relief/helping small businesses. Shameless attempt to fund their radical agenda & @PPFA on the taxpayers’ backs. I was successful in preventing that from happening by stopping these funds to abortion mills. Read more: https://t.co/K37N8cIYl5

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— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) March 5, 2021

This is great news!

These dems are sneaky scumbags but Rand Paul took care of business unlike most of the useless establishment Republicans.

Thank you, Senator @RandPaul , for preventing the money that was intended to serve as COVID relief for small businesses through the Payment Protection Program Program from going to Planned Parenthood. https://t.co/KW08s5rfrn

— CWA LAC (@CWforA) March 6, 2021

Allan Miller at 100 Percent FED Up has more:

In May 2020, Planned Parenthood affiliates received $80 million in loans from the PPP in violation of the rules of the relief program, as reported by Breitbart News. Subsequently, officials of the Small Business Administration and some members of Congress, including Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Josh Hawley (R-MO), demanded the money be returned, threatening potential criminal prosecution.

Chairman Rubio called on AG Barr to & @TheJusticeDept to immediately review how Planned Parenthood Affiliates unlawfully received #PPP loans.

Read here 👇https://t.co/HFWkIEyo8N

— Senate Small Biz (@SmallBizCmte) July 7, 2020

The money needs to be recovered and if anybody knowingly falsified applications, they need to be prosecuted
https://t.co/FKnrkHnE2P #FoxNews

— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) May 20, 2020

In an op-ed at the Washington Times, Tom McClusky, president of March for Life Action, emphasized only nine percent of the COVID bill’s funding is actually slated to address the public health issues related to the coronavirus pandemic.

Nearly half of the funding in the measure will be held back from distribution until 2022, at the earliest, a time when the pandemic could largely have already subsided, he observed as well.

The Democrats’ covid bill: less for covid, less for workers – more for abortion providers! More for “environmental justice”! The America people deserve better pic.twitter.com/od7StumhQK

— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) March 4, 2021

“A serious relief bill has devolved into a liberal wish list that, of course, funds the abortion industry,” McClusky asserted.

Kudos to Rand Paul for doing a great job for America.

#TRUMP2024

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