kermit gosnell had a simple solution for unwanted babies. he killed them. he didn't call it that. he called it ensuring fetal demise. the way he insured fetal demise was by sticking scissors in the back of the baby's neck and cutting the spinal cord. he called it snipping. over the years there were hundreds of snippings, unquote. ashleigh baldwin, one of dr. gosnell's employees said she saw babies breathing, one was two feet long that no longer had eyes or a mouth but in her words was making a screeching noise and it, quote, sounded like a little alien. and yet the president of the united states of america and many members of congress have not uttered one single syllable against these gut-wrenching atrocities of kermit gosnell or planned parenthood. for god's sake, is this who we truly are? the fact is, mr. chairman, that more than 18,000 late-term pain capable unborn babies were torturously killed without anesthesia in america in just the last year. many of them cried and screamed as they died but because it was amniotic fluid going over the vocal cords instead of air, we couldn'

the grand jury in the kermit gosnell case said, he had a solution for unwanted babies. he killed them. he called snipping the born alive baby's spinal cord ensuring fetal demice. an abortion survivor told the judiciary committee said he survived a plained multi-hour abortion because, quote, the abortionist had not been there. had he been there he would have strangled me or suffocated me leaving me to die. this bill simply says any child who survives an abortion must be given the same care as any other premature baby born at the same gestational age. this legislation builds on the landmark born alive infant protection act of 2004 authored by steve chabot by adding enforcement provisions. tragically, president obama, the abortion president, has vowed to veto this pro-child human rights legislation, a position that is extreme, anti-child, inhumane and indefensible. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from virginia reserves. and the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. chu: and now i would like to yield three minu

kermit gosnell say that since he's already in prison he's broke.n addition to that, he and his shut down clinic don't have any insurance. so it's unlike until 41-year-old monger's daughter will ever get that money. the 74-year-old gosnell is serving a live sentence. he was convicted two years ago of killing three babies born alive and for monger's death from an overdose of painkiller. >>> a rough start to the school year for students and staff at clear view high school in gloucester county. the district says there's been one confirm case of whooping cough. the district posted information online today. they say along with one confirmed case, there's another suspected case they are looking into. we are told that student infected has been absent for the past few days. the district is now sanitizing both buildings on campus along with the schoolbuses. >>> $11 billion short-term spending plan is on its way to the pennsylvania house of representatives. although governor tom wolf has vowed he's going veto it. the senate republican majority wrote the measu

the grand jury in the kermit gosnell case said, he had a solution for unwanted babies. he killed them. he called snipping the born alive baby's spinal cord ensuring fetal demice. an abortion survivor told the judiciary committee said he survived a plained multi-hour abortion because, quote, the abortionist had not been there. had he been there he would have strangled me or suffocated me leaving me to die. this bill simply says any child who survives an abortion must be given the same care as any other premature baby born at the same gestational age. this legislation builds on the landmark born alive infant protection act of 2004 authored by steve chabot by adding enforcement provisions. tragically, president obama, the abortion president, has vowed to veto this pro-child human rights legislation, a position that is extreme, anti-child, inhumane and indefensible. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from virginia reserves. and the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. chu: and now i would like to yield three minu

. >>> the so-called house of horrors doctor, kermit gosnell must pay $4 million to one of the family of the victims. he was killed of killing three babies born alive during botched abortions. he's now serving life in prison. he was also accused of giving one woman a deadly dose of painkillers while under his care. that woman's daughter won the verdict but is likely to never see the money because his medical center was never insured. >>> the man accused of killing nine people in a church knew about his plan to kill church members and lied to investigators about that. joey meek is charged with lying to federal agents and concealing information. he said roof stayed at his home before the shootings in june. he entered a plea of not guilty during a brief court appearance today. dylan roof is charged with the deaths of nine church members back in june and earlier this week his defense attorney said he's willing to plead guilty to avoid the death penalty. the judge will not allow any investigative documents to be released to the public citing concerns about graphic photos and 911 calls. >>>

kermit gosnell must pay 40-month-old to the family of a woman who died from a painkiller overdose in his care. however his lawyers say he is broke and that he and his shuttered clinic dubbed the house of horrors don't have insurance. gosnell was convicted in 2013 for the patient's death and the death of three babies. he's serving a life sentence. >>> environmental regulators are looking into whether volkswagen deliberately skirted clean air rules with some of its diesel cars. the epa says the car company may have used software to turn off emissions controls while driving but turn the controls on when undergoing emissions tests. the agency says the so-called defeat device results in cars emitting as much as 40 times the amount of emissions allowed. >>> stocks end the week in the red. the dow down 290 today, the s&p 500 down 32, the nasdaq down 67. for the week the dow is down .3%. the s&p 500 was down .15%. the nasdaq was up about .10%. >>> the police community is under a microscope these days. so a simple thank you can go a long way. the grapevine is next. >>> now some fresh pickings

in addition, the examples of kermit gosnell's convictions for murdering children born alive at his houseparate reports that unborn children may have been born alive or in tact prior to being sold to tissue collectors have exposed the need for strengthening the born alive infants protection act. the born alive infants protection act, which became law in 2002, extended critical legal protections to babies who were born alive after a failed abortion attempt. that bill passed the house judiciary committee with only two dissenting votes and was passed by the senate by unanimous consent. practitioners present at the time of birth to administer professional skilled care and diligence to preserve the life and health of the child. the small but important step ensures the protection and preservation of precious newborn life by providing for criminal penalties when that life is lost as a result of negligence. these tiny, precious, vulnerable lives deserve the protection afforded all other persons under the law and this bill ensures that their lives are protected. madam speaker, i commend this rule

kermit gosnell to pay nearly $4 million to the daughter of a woman who died in his care. gosnell is serving a life sentence for killing babies born alive and giving a woman a lethal dose of a painkiller. lawyers say it's unlikely the woman will see that money. they say gosnell is broke and he and his shuttered clinic in west philadelphia don't have insurance. >>> happening today, the pennsylvania state senate is set to pass an $11 billion short term spending plan to end a month-long budget stalemate. governor tom wolf has vowed to veto the plan. he says he won't sign the stopgap measure until a general budget agreement is in place. >>> philadelphia's 311 information center is back open today, a day after someone found a bedbug there, forcing a shutdown. this is new video from the office in center city. it reopened just a few hours ago. yesterday someone found just one bedbug and it was dead but the city closed the office and did a complete search of the call center. the exterminator did not find an infestation. the city sent employees out of the office but they still took

. >>> abortion doctor kermit gosnell has been ordered to pay $4 million to the daughter of a woman whoder his care. the 74-year-old gosnell is serving a life sentence after he was convicted of killing three babies who were born alive in his philadelphia clinic. they also say he gave a woman an overdose of painkillers which killed her. the settlement was awarded to her daughter but layers say it's unlikely she will ever see that moneyly they say gosnell is broke and that neither he nor his clinic has insurance. >> a main line fortune teller is under arrest tonight charged with bilkly more than $20,000 from a customer. semeinta siganoff was taken into custody and charged with theft by deception. investigators say siganoff gave spiritual readings and medstation services to a clients last winter. upon each visit she would dramatically increase her fees. after paying close to $25,000 for services that client went to the authorities. >>> there have been major developments in the baby doe case in boston. authorities have identified the girl and arrest heed her mother and another man for her d

kermit gosnell say since he's already in prison he's broke and in addition to that, he and his shut down clinic don't have any insurance. so it's unlikely that 41-year-old woman'ings daughter will ever get that money. the 74-year-old gosnell is serving a live sentence. he was convicted two years ago of killing three babies born alive, and for monger's death from an overdose of painkiller. >>> a rough start to the school year for students and staff at clear view high school in gloucester county. the district says there's been one confirmed case of whooping cough. the district posted information on its website today. they say along with the confirmed case there is another suspected case they're looking into. we're told the student infected has been absent for a few days. the district is sanitizing both buildings on campus along with schoolbuses. >>> $11 billion short-term spending plan is on its way to the pennsylvania house of representatives. although governor tom wolf has vowed he's going veto it. the republican majority in the senate wrote the bill and passed it today. the plan covers

you know, there's been other instances in the kermit gosnell case when of course he was killing born infants or partially born infants using a scissors, by thrusting them into the back of the neck of the child. you know, you don't do that if the baby's dead. you only do that if the baby's alive. and of course, we don't know for sure whether that was -- while the baby was still in the womb partially or was in fact outside of the womb. chairman goodlatte: thank you, mr. bopp. ms. smith. in the precursor to the gonzalez case, the case of stenberg vs. carhart, justice kennedy dissented from the decision to strike down the partial-birth abortion ban. which was later upheld in the gonzalez case in a different ban. >> a different version, yes. chairman goodlatte: that's right. he described at length the testimony provided by abortionist leroy carhart about the alternative d&e method or dismemberment procedure. the fetus can be alive at the beginning of the dismemberment process. and can survive for a time while its limbs are being torn off. dr. carhart agreed that when you pull pout a piece

. >>> abortion doctor kermit gosnell has been ordered to pay $4 million to the daughter of a woman whounder his care. the 74-year-old gosnell is serving a life sentence after he was convicted of killing three babies who were born alive in his philadelphia clinic. they also say he had gave a woman an overdose of painkillers killing her. the settlement was awarded to munger's daughter. they say gosnell is broke and that neither he nor his clinic have insurance. >> stockton university says it's selling the showboat casino building to philadelphia developer bart blatstein. the deal is worth $22 million and set to close in november. stockton originally bought that property back in december for $18 million. the school planned to use it as a satellite campus. blatstein has not yet said if he plans to reopen the showboat as a casino or run it as a nongambling property forecast. >>> a look at the closing numbers and not a good note on which to end the week. red arrows across-the-board, the dow down 290 points to close the week at 16,385. nasdaq off 67 points. s & p down 32 points at day. >> for

in addition, the examples of kermit gosnell's convictions for murdering children born alive at his house of horrors and separate reports that unborn children may have been born alive or in tact prior to being sold to tissue collectors have exposed the need for strengthening the born alive infants protection act. the born alive infants protection act, which became law in 2002, extended critical legal protections to babies who were born alive after a failed abortion attempt. that bill passed the house judiciary committee with only two dissenting votes and was passed by the senate by unanimous consent. the legislation before us today, h.r. 3504, the born alive abortion survivors protection act, goes one step further to protect these vulnerable lives, by requiring health care practitioners present at the time of birth to administer professional skilled care and diligence to preserve the life and health of the child. the small but important step ensures the protection and preservation of precious newborn life by providing for criminal penalties when that life is lost as a result of negligence

madam speaker, we all remember the images of kermit gosnell killing babies who were born alive after a botched abortion. we know that those are sickening, and we know that they have renewed the demand for accountability from the american people. that is why we come before you today with h.r. 3134, the defund planned parenthood act of 2015. new documentation of these heinous practices that we have seen in videos, videos that have come out of planned parenthood abortion clinics, of harvesting the body parts of babies, as part of the abortion process, have raised serious questions about the possible systematic and repeated violation of state and federal laws. h.r. 3134 provides a one-year moratorium, a freezing, a freezing, on the federal funding to planned parenthood federation of america and all of its affiliates while investigations are ongoing regarding the practices of the abortion speaker. madam speaker, most people think that is common sense. if there is reason to investigate, then there is reason to withhold taxpayer dollars during that period of time. those dollars would be giv

now, everyone is familiar with what happened with kermit gosnell in his house of horrors. we know there was a conviction. but what we have learned is those convictions are very rare. and we have moved now to the video footage that the center for medical progress released and we see that this is absolutely sickening, abhorrent. these videos have raised a lot of suspicion about what has transpired in these planned parenthood affiliates and in these clinics. and questioned as to whether they have systematically and repeatedly broken laws. and i will, for the record, submit the detailed laws obtaining informed consent for fetal tissue. how was that approached? killing infants born alive after an attempted induced abortion. who are the persons entitled to legal protection here? . as you look at a botched abortion and you have a child born alive, all of a sudden you got two patients there that you are considering. . deborah nuke tala, seen -- nucatola describes harvesting human tissues. in one of the videos she talks about crushing this part of the baby in order to get a good sp

you know, there's been other instances in the kermit gosnell case when of course he was killing born infants or partially born infants using a scissors, by thrusting them into the back of the neck of the child. you know, you don't do that if the baby's dead. you only do that if the baby's alive. and of course, we don't know for sure whether that was -- while the baby was still in the womb partially or was in fact outside of the womb. chairman goodlatte: thank you, mr. bopp. ms. smith. in the precursor to the gonzalez case, the case of stenberg vs. carhart, justice kennedy dissented from the decision to strike down the partial-birth abortion ban. which was later upheld in the gonzalez case in a different ban. >> a different version, yes. chairman goodlatte: that's right. he described at length the testimony provided by abortionist leroy car hart about the alternative d&e method or dismemberment procedure. the fetus can be alive at the beginning of the dismemberment process. and can survive for a time while its limbs are being torn off. dr. car hart agreed that when you pull pout a pie