he always was. meanwhile, you have this chief justice declaring there's no such thing as an obama judge, there's no such thing as a trump judge or bush judge. he wants to project a bench that's not political, when they all have their agendas of sorts. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> earlier today, secretary of state mike pompeo spoke to reporters at the state department. he spoke about president trump's recognition of israel's sovereignty claim over the golan hile heights, as well as nongovernmental organizations and abortion funding. this is 10 minutes. mr. pompeo: good morning,

everyone. today i am making two announcements about the state department's ongoing efforts to ensure that u.s. taxpayer dollars are not used to subsidize or promote abortions. the first announcement concerns the so-called mexico city policy. this reagan-era directive ensures u.s. taxpayer dollars aren't used to support foreign, nongovernmental organizations that perform or actively promote abortion as a method of family planning. president trump boldly expanded the mexico city policy in 2017. it now protects every human life impacted by the nearly $9 billion of foreign aid we spend on global health programs each year. and in turn protects more unborn babies around the world than ever before. this is decent. this is right. and i'm proud to serve an administration that protects the least amongst us. now, two years into our administration, the vast majority of our implementing partners have agreed to comply with the policy and they continue to work with us. this administration has shown we

can continue to meet our critical global health goals, including providing health care women, while refusing to subsidize the killings of unborn babies. as secretary of state, i've directed our team to take all appropriate action to implement this policy to the broadest extent possible. today i'm announcing further refinements to advance our efforts to protect the least amongst us. as before, we'll continue to refuse to provide assistance to foreign n.g.o.'s who perform or actively promote abortion as a method of family planning. now, as a result of my decision today, we are also making clear we will refuse to provide assistance to foreign n.g.o.'s that give financial support to other foreign groups in the global abortion industry. we will enforce a strict prohibition on backdoor funding schemes, and end runs around our policy. american taxpayer dollars will not be used to underwrite

abortions. this brings me to my second announcement. we are also fully enforcing federal law prohibiting the use of u.s. funds, including foreign assistance, to lobby for or against abortion. otherwise known as the amendment. in light of recent evidence of abortion-related advocacy by an organ of the organization of american states, i directed my team to include a provision in assistance that explicitly prohibits the use of funds to lobby for or against abortion. the institutions of the o.a.s. should be focused on addressing crises in cuba, nicaragua and venezuela, not in advancing the pro-abortion cause. and to ensure our message is heard loud and clear, we will reduce our contributions to the o.a.s., a reduction equals the estimated u.s. share of possible o.a.s. expenditures on these

abortion-related activities. the american people should rest assured, that this administration and this state department and our usaid will do all we can to safeguard u.s. taxpayer dollars and protect and respect the sanctity of life for people all around the globe. i will take a couple questions. reporter: mr. secretary, some people have called the mexico city policy trump's global gag rule. what is the problem with describing it as this and do you take exception to that description? mr. pompeo: yeah, i mean, that's silly. this is a policy that is designed fundamentally to protect human beings. it's not a policy we're arguing about. we're talking about human lifive -- live. our mission statement is very clear. we can achieve, as i talked about, all the global health objectives that are so important, so imperative. the great work that many of these foreign n.g.o.'s do, without running the risk that they'll be used to perform abortions or advocate for

abortions. this is important, it's deeply consistent with the most moral behavior of governments and we're determined to make sure that we don't allow taxpayer ollars to get to these places. reporter: can you be a little bit more explicit about which organ of the o.a.s.? is it paho? mr. pompeo: we'll be happy to provide you with more details. reporter: secondly, on a different -- well, not slightly different. a lot different. are you disappointed at all that -- of the reaction from the u.n. chief, from canada, from turkey and the gulf states about the -- in essence, saying they're not going to sign on to the golan recognition and they don't -- and they are going to uphold the security council resolution that found annexation null and void? mr. pompeo: i'm saddened by that but not surprised.

i remember the move to jerusalem of our embassy as well. in each case, we're simply recognizing facts on the ground and the reality and doing the right thing. we hope those nations will join us to understand how important that is, how right it is. and we are continuing to have conversations with -- mentioned a handful of countries, with each of them, this issue. about our decision and why we believe this is fundamentally he right decision as well. reporter: hi, mr. secretary. just to follow up on the golan. yesterday prime minister netanyahu said that basically he's entitled to keep it because they won it by war. are you -- [inaudible] -- that powerful countries can actually overtake land over international law? mr. pompeo: yes, ma'am. that's a good question. the answer is absolutely not. this is an incredibly unique situation. israel was fighting a defensive battle to save its nation.

it cannot be the case that a u.n. resolution is a suicide pact. it simply can't be. and that's the reality that president trump recognized in his executive order yesterday. reporter: mr. secretary, many of the n.g.o.'s that provide health care on the ground, particularly in africa and some asian countries, tell a totally different story than what you do. they say that this is particularly hurtful to health care, to women in the rural areas, and in fact it will lead to greater -- more pregnancies and inevitably to more abortions. is there -- how do you respond to this? is there anything you're doing or can do -- mr. pompeo: they're just wrong. they're just wrong about that. this argument has been presented for an awfully long time. and they're just factually wrong about that. the moneys that this administration is providing for global health remain -- we are working hard, we're working

alongside those n.g.o.'s that do phenomenal work. not he theory that somehow protecting every human life is destroying human life is erverse on its face. reporter: if you're cutting back on funding for this, would you expand it in any other areas connected to what carol was saying, on social development, gender equality, and anything on women's maternal health in developing countries? mr. pompeo: yeah. i think the trump administration has made clear since the beginning of the administration that the total dollars allocated for women's health issues and global health issues remains unchanged. we're just ensuring that those dollars aren't used to underwrite abortions. something that's required -- [inaudible] -- in federal law. >> last question. reporter: mr. secretary, one

more on this topic. you said that the important to protect the isn't a tiff life and talking about some of these -- sanctity of life and some of these n.g.o.'s on the ground. they have to make the choice of getting federal funds or keep providing things like h.i.v. and tuberculosis funding. last near 940,000 people died of hiv-aids. 1.6 million died of tuberculosis. are you prioritizing preventing abortions over services that could be provided to save those lives and how does that fit in with -- [inaudible] -- mr. pompeo: i'm not sure i understand your question. the united states provides an enormous set of resources to prevent death from h.i.v. america's the most generous nation in the history of the world with respect to the particular instance of -- [inaudible] -- these two don't run cross-purpose. one need not perform abortions nod to protect people from -- in order to protect people from h.i.v. they're fundamentally disconnected. so there's no prioritization there. we still consider pepfar and all of the activities, the global health anywheretive that the united states government and the state department in particular

underwrite, to be central to achieving objectives that are important for the world and important for the united states. reporter: are you forcing these n.g.o.'s to make a choice between providing this service and receiving u.s. funds? mr. pompeo: no. they simply are prohibited from doing these things that run counter to the united states' policy which is not to use u.s. taxpayer dollars to underwrite abortion. that's all. one more. reporter: mr. secretary, what is the u.s. asking for from china with regards to its people of tibet and muslims, protecting their rights? mr. pompeo: we've been very vocal about that, publicly. and had a long conversations with them privately as well. what's taking place with respect to the uighurs is tragic. the numbers are in the certainly hundreds of thousands. this is, i think we use the words historic human rights abuse. and we're working to convince

the chinese that this practice is abhorrent and ought to be stopped. great. thank you all very much. have a great day. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national able satellite corp. 2019] >> and on primetime tonight, starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern, on c-span, house debate on the resolution that would have overridden president trump's veto on terminating his border emergency declaration. on c-span2, senate debate on the green new deal, a resolution suggesting policies to eliminate carbon emissions over 10 years, while protecting jobs, housing and health care, and guaranteeing college education for all. and on c-span3, testimony from veterans affairs secretary robert wilkie on president trump's 2020 budget request for his department.

>> the c-span bus recently traveled to new mexico asking folks, what does it mean to be american? >> what it means to be to me to be an american is to be part of the greatest nation in the entire world. to have opportunity, prosperity for all, and for those who want to work hard and go get it, the opportunities are absolutely unlimited. >> what it means to be an american is pride. having pride in my country, my flag. we live in the land of the free because of the brave. we hope to work hard, do the right thing, and make a better life for our children. >> to be an american, besides the obvious, liberty and freedom that we have here in this country, we have an awesome country to live in. we have awesome people to live with. and those are the things that i like the best. the wonderful landscapes we have in this country. of course especially out here in

the west. but also the wonderful people we have all over the country, in every corner. i visit every state in the union and i always find wonderful people to visit with. >> what great question, what it means to be an american. ame assuming there's been a lot of answers to that. but for me, it's pride. it's pride and it's also opportunity. i'm very new to the area where i'm at right now. and moved from another area from another state. and i have now more opportunity to do what i want to do and i would only have these opportunities in america. so i'm very proud to be an american citizen. i have traveled the world. and i consider myself a proud american. >> voices from the road. on c-span. >> next, former california governor arnold schwarzenegger, and former attorney general, he eric holder, talk about their efforts to end political gerrymandering.