House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) spoke on the floor today about the Restore Our American Mustangs Act (H.R. 1018), a $700 million welfare program for horses and burros.
He addresses today's vote for burros in comparison to last night's vote to allow taxpayer funds for abortions in the District of Columbia. (The remarks begin at 1:10)
From the transcript of his speech:
“Let’s get this
straight. We’re debating a bill to spend millions of dollars to save
wild horses, but yesterday, Democrats in the House blocked Republicans
from offering an amendment to prevent federal dollars from being spent
on saving unborn children. Oh yeah, $700 million today to save wild
horses and burros – and yesterday we weren’t allowed to offer an
amendment to save the lives of unborn kids. That doesn’t make sense to
me, but I think most of my constituents would look up and go, well,
that’s just Washington being Washington."
Thank you, Rep. Boehner for taking a stand for what's important -- innocent human life. Keep up the fight!
