margaret sanger is the founder of planned parenthood.she was the believer of eugenics which is what the nazi regime believed as well in those span of years. look, there's a disproportionate number of abortions among african-americans than there are other races. and so one would have to say it's decimating the black population. and there are many african-americans who are outraged about that. and so i think that's something to take note of. and even today planned parenthood continues to celebrate margaret sanger even though she's probably the most racist american in modern times. now, also i did want to address something else that was mentioned, and that is this idea of doctoring the tapes. the tapes are edited because every tape that's put on tv has to be edited because these are hundreds of hours of tapes. but they have not been altered or doctored in any way. such things as someone going to the bathroom and urinating, that's cut out of the tape because that's not beneficial. but these -- these high offic l officials in planned parentho

. >> margaret sanger was an early to mid 20th century figure who championed birth control.eption. >> professor robert george teaches constitutional law, legal and political philosophy and bioethics at princeton university. >> she wanted to make birth control more widely available, so that there would be fewer, quote, unwanted, quote, children. >> sanger is a controversial figure today because of hir apparent support for birth control as a way to limit the number of what she saw as inferior people. >> she cared about who was having the children. she thought there were some people who should be having children or several children but other people who shouldn't be having children. >> many opponents claim she was a racist whose ideas were at the base of planned parenthood. while supporters reply she was fighting for the empowerment of women and her backing of what were widespread ideas at the time is overstated. wherever she stood, preventing certain children from being born was on her mind to the last as this 1957 interview with mike wallace suggests. >> do you believe there i

mention about margaret sanger. i read one of her books. she talks about the cruelty of charity of caring for innocent women who carry babies to term that you should not give them help, that charity is cruel. she was a racist. read her books. read her birth control review. i went to the library of congress, got many copies of it and read through it. she had many programs that talked about focusing on blacks and others for extermination. just read her books. and, again, "the pivot of civilization" is one of the worst. let me also say to my friends, they talk about how they -- videos had been doctored. there is a new report called analysis" e forensic falling say they are into five categories. restroom breaks, recording. at each interview four devices recorded conversations. two video recorders and microphones and two audio-only devices. i ask my friends and colleagues on the other side to take a look at that analysis. again, you just attack the whistleblower. you attack the organization, but you don't look at the evidence. i've watched those

she found out that margaret sanger, who was a racist, and was promoting an agenda in low income areasas the one that sounded planned parenthood. the reason why i am replying to this is because he is saying that we do not research what we are learning about these organizations. if anyone even opens the internet they can find out what is the history of planned parenthood. host: ok. that was congressman xavier becerra. guest: she is absolutely right about it. ofger was the founder planned parenthood. she was a believer in eugenics, which is also what the nazis believed as well. look, there are a disproportionate number of abortions among african-americans than there are in other races. one would have to say it is decimating the black population. there are many african-americans were outraged about that. i think that is something to take note of, and even today planned parenthood continues to celebrate margaret sanger, even though she is probably the most racist american in modern times. i did want to address something else that was mentioned, and that is this idea of doctoring the tapes.

mention about margaret sanger. i read one of her books. she talks about the cruelty of charity of caring for innocent women who carry babies to term that you should not give them help, that charity is cruel. she was a racist.read her birth. i went to the library of congress, got many copies of it and read through it. she had many programs that talked about focusing on blacks and others for extermination. just read her books. and, again, "the pivot of civilization" is one of the worst. let me also say to my friends, they talk about how they -- videos had been doctored. there is a new report called analysis" e forensic falling say they are into five categories. restroom breaks, recording. at each interview four devices recorded conversations. two video recorders and microphones and two audio-only devices. i ask my friends and colleagues on the other side to take a look at that analysis. again, you just attack the whistleblower. you attack the organization, but you don't look at the evidence. i've watched those tapes several times and was sic

margaret sanger was quite a individual. she said -- if i may. >> you may. >> reread this quote that i quoted her earlier. she said "the most merciful thing that a large family does to one of its infant members is to kill it. " and i just that's the woman that began this organization. >> do you have a problem with statues of her in different prominent places in america? >> a little bit, yeah. >> do you or not? >> yes, yes. >> do you think -- just your opinion, based on your life experiences, and i value you a great deal. >> thank you. >> do you think that the taxpayers should fund planned parenthood, an organization that does harvest, if we can use the term, body parts of unborn -- of the unborn? >> absolutely not. >> okay. my time is expired and i will yield back the balance of my time. >> and i thank the gentleman. and i now recognize ms. lofgren for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. my apologies for having to step out. i chair the california democratic delegation, and we had the secretary of labor meeting with us.

margaret sanger was quite an individual she said if i may, i will read this quotation the most merciful thing a large family does to one of the infant members is to kill it. that is the woman that began this organization. >> you have a problem with statues of her. >> a little bit. >> yes. >> just your own database on your life experiences and i value a great deal, thank you. >> should the taxpayers fund planned parenthood in organization that does harvest body parts of the unborn? >> absolutely not. >> my time is expired i yield back. >>. >> mr. chairman not my apologies -- my apologies for stepping up the secretary of labor meeting and i had to go over a two-year deal with that. however i had the benefit to read the testimony and here it this morning. it seems to me there is a lot of distortions and interns of how we approach this issue but the real agenda is pretty obvious to try to outlaw or eliminate abortion in the united states. that is the right women have under the constitution, at least in the first trimester. and it is a thinly veiled attack on the right that women have. now y

that is the history of margaret sanger, that's the history of planned parenthood, that is the history that is being fronted and that is the current-day practice of planned parenthood to target minority communities with abortion, with destruction, with elimination. without a doubt, in my mind, i think in the minds of the american people, it is time to stop funding racism with our tax dollars. i yield back, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. mr. gohmert: there are those who say, gee, you shouldn't shut down the government. we're not going to shut down the government. we're going to fund the government and i'm hoping that we're actually going to fund women's health with more money than what the president or the democrats were pushing for to be given to planned parenthood. but in the history of planned parenthood, they have never, ever,

margaret sanger the founder of planned parent and said the following, the most merciful thing a large family does to its infant members is to kill it. planned parenthood is not ashamed to but they have done but they will have to give an account as a nation and before god for the apathy for murder of 50 million children in the womb. everytime we falter and fail to confront this evil how many lives have been lost while we make sure we are allotted among men? and we don't offend anyone. how many children have died in bin does more -- dismembered for our convenience and promiscuity? held many liberties were purchased with blood of innocent children? the blood from the ground but not one of them is forgotten by him. the last planned parenthood the following question 38 years later, if it is about women's rights then what were mine? you continuously use the argument if the baby is disabled we need to terminate the pregnancy as if you can determine the quality of someone's life. is my life less valuable to to my servile policy? you have failed in your arrogance and greed to see one thing but

margaret sanger was quite an individual. if i may reread this quote that i quoted earlier, she said the most merciful thing that a large family does to one of its infant members is to kill it. i just -- that is the woman that began this organization. >> do you have a problem with statues of her in different prominent places in america? ms. jessen: a little bit. >> do you think, just your opinion based on your life experiences, and i value you a great deal, do you think the taxpayers should fund planned parenthood, an organization that does harvest, if we can use the term, body parts of the unborn? ms. jessen: absolutely not. >> my time is expired. i yield back the balance of my time. >> i think the gentleman. i recognize ms. lockman for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. my apologies for having to step out. we had the secretary of labor meeting with us and i had to go over for 50 minutes to deal with that. however, i've had the benefit of reading all the testimony. of course hearing the testimony this morning. it seem

if you chase the history of this thing back to margaret sanger, she was a racist.weeds,"d minorities, and she also hated jews. not just people of color, but eastern europeans. she also worked with nazi doctors. when they were over here in the state house in austin with wendy davis and her tennis shoes, there were people outside hailting "hell satan -- satan." you can trace this back to the bible. i'm just calling to say that this is the reality of this thing. .od help us all we need to all come to christ. have a good day. host: let's go to randy again in houston, texas. are you there? caller: yes, i am. basically, i've been listening to this, and i keep your number for two taxpayers. hearing people referring to taxpayers. the people who go to planned parenthood are also taxpayers. how are we going to take care of the children? that is all. host: from "the wall street journal" an update on the trial of bowe bergdahl. the army major general who led the investigation testified that he did not believe the soldier should be jailed for allegedly abandoning his post and a

margaret sanger, the founder of planned parenthood, said the following. the most merciful thing a large family does to one of its infant members is to kill it. planned parenthood is not ashamed of what they have done or continue to do, but we will have to give an account as a nation before god for our apathy and for the murder of over 50 million children in the womb. every time we falter encourage as individuals and fail to confront this evil i wonder, how many lives have been lost in our silence while we make sure we are lauded among men? and that we don't offend anyone. how many children have died and been dismembered and their parts sold for our ego, our convention and our promiscuity? how many lamborghinis were purchased with the blood of innocent children? the blood that christ to the lord from the ground like that of the blood of abel. not one of them, ladies and gentlemen, is forgotten by him. i would ask planned parenthood the following questions, 38 years later, i would ask them these questions. if abortion is about women's rights then what were

margaret sanger was quite an individual. quote, theread this most merciful thing that a large family does to one of its infant .embers is to kill it -- that is the woman who began this organization. with statuesoblems of her in different places in america? >> i do, yeah. >> based on your opinion, your life experiences, and i value you a great deal, and you think undpayers should f planned parenthood, an organization that harvests the body parts of the unborn? >> absolutely not. >> my time is expired. i yield back the balance of my time. thank you, mr. chairman. my apologies for having to step out. i chair the california democratic delegation. we have the secretary of labor meeting with us, and i had to go over for 50 minutes to deal with that. i have the benefit of reading all the testimony, hearing the testimony, this morning, and -- it seems to me that there are a lot of distortions in terms of how we are approaching this issue. the real agenda here is pretty andous, which is to try outlaw or eliminate abortion in the unit