FUNDING FOR ONE YEAR, A BILL
THE SENATE IS EXPECTED TO
REJECT.
PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID HE
WILL VETO A BILL, SETTING THE
STAGE FOR A POSSIBLE GOVERNMENT
SHUTDOWN AS EARLY AS OCTOBER 1.
JOINING ME TO TALK ABOUT
THIS ISSUE AND OTHER ISSUES IS
CONGRESSMAN TOM EMMER, ONE OF
THE COSPONSORS OF THE MEASURE
TO DEFUND PLANNED PARENTHOOD.
THANK YOU FOR COMING IN.
GOOD MORNING.
LET ME ASK YOU THIS -- WILL
THERE BE A SHUTDOWN BECAUSE OF
THE VOTE?
I DON'T THINK SO, BUT IT
REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
WHEN YOU HAVE 535 MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS AND WHEN HUMAN BEINGS
ARE INVOLVED, IT'S NOT WISE TO
MAKE ABSOLUTE PREDICTIONS.
I THINK WHAT HAPPENED EARLIER
THIS WEEK BODES WELL FOR THE
ISSUE AS WE GALAGO WELL AT THE
END OF THE MONTH.
FRANKLY, REGARDLESS, I'M PRO-
LIFE.
REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU'RE AT
ON THAT ISSUE, I THINK MOST
EVERYONE AGREES IT'S A HORRIFIC
THING TO TAKE ABORTED FETUS AND
SELL THEIR BODY PARTS LIKE
THEY'RE A COMMODITY.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD HAS BEEN
DOING THAT.
ONCE THEY WERE CONFRONTED WITH
THAT ISSUE, THEY HAVE DONE
NOTHING TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY
OR SAY HOW THEY'RE GOING TO
SOLVE THE PROBLEM OR HOW
THEY'RE GOING TO ADDRESS IT.
THERE'S A MOVEMENT BASED ON THE
FACT THAT A LOT OF US BELIEVE
PLANNED PARENTHOOD HAS BROKEN
ITS TRUST WITH THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
THERE'S A MOVEMENT TO ME DE
FUND PLANNED PARENTHOOD WHICH
DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN
CUTTING DOLLARS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU READ WHAT
WE DID YESTERDAY, BUT WE'RE
TAKING MONEY THAT WOULD GO TO
PLANNED PARENTHOOD AND PUTTING
IT INTO WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTERS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WHICH SOME
OF US WOULD ARGUE WILL GIVE
WOMEN BETTER OPTIONS FOR
HEALTHCARE CHOICES AND THEN
WHAT WE HAVE ASKED FOR IS AN
INVESTIGATION -- AND BY THE
WAY, I THINK THE PRESIDENT WILL
HAVE THIS BILL ON HIS DESK.
I HOPE HE DOES THE RIGHT THING.
HE SAID HE WILL VETO IT, AS
FAR AS I'VE SEEN.
LET ME ASK YOU THIS -- THE USE
OF FETAL BODY PART IN
SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL RESEARCH
HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS AND
REVIEWS OF WHAT IS DONE --
GRANTED, THESE VIDEOS ARE
DISTURBED.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD SAID IT WAS
HIGHLY EDITED.
THE USE OF BODY PART HABES USED
FOR YEARS TO PRODUCE THINGS
LIKE THE POLIO HAVING A SEEN.
ARE YOU AGAINST THIS RESEARCH,
FLAT-OUT?
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO
DIFFERENT THINGS, I BELIEVE,
RESPECTIVELY.
FETAL TISSUE USED IN OTHER
APPLICATIONS IS A LOT DIFFERENT
FROM A KIDNEY OR SOME OTHER
BODY PART YOU'RE LITERALLY
HARVESTING TO SELL ON THE
MARKET.
I THINK PEOPLE DISAGREE THAT'S
AN APPROPRIATE USE AND FRANKLY,
YOU EXPECT THAT THE PEOPLE AT
PLANNED PARENTHOOD WOULD
RESPOND TO THE, UH, TO THE
SITUATION AND LET US KNOW WHY
WITH, WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND
HOW THEY PLAN TO ADDRESS SO IT
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, THE
TAXPAYERS ASKED TO FUND THIS,
UNDERSTAND WHERE THEIR DOLLARS
ARE GOING.
ALL RIGHT, LET ME ASK YOU
ABOUT THE GOP PRESIDENTIAL RACE
BECAUSE YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY ONE OF
THE MOST HIGH-PROFILE
REPUBLICANS IN THE STATE.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON A
RACE THAT HAS A LOT OF
REPUBLICAN LEADERS CONCERNED
ABOUT THE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES,
SOME OF THE RHETORIC THAT THEY
FEAR WILL NOT BODE WELL GOING
INTO A GENERAL ELECTION?
WHO DO YOU LIKE HERE?
HA-HA, FIRST IT'S WAY TOO
EARLY FOR THAT.
FOR ME, LET'S GET A LITTLE BIT
CLOSER TO THE BIG DAY IN MARCH
WHERE, YOU KNOW, DELEGATES
ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN SELECTED AND
THEY START TO CAST STRAW POLL
VOTES, ETC.
ON THE FIRST PART OF YOUR
QUESTIONS, THIS GREAT SYSTEM --
MAYBE I'M A LITTLE DIFFERENT
FROM MOST WHETHER THEY'RE
REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS, OR
OTHER -- WHAT A GREAT COUNTRY.
WE CAN HAVE ANYONE -- TRULY,
THE YOUNG BOY OR GIRL IN THE
SECOND GRADE WHO SAID "I WILL
BE PRESIDENT SOMEDAY," YOU CAN
DO THAT IN THIS COUNTRY, AND
THE PROCESS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW
IS EVIDENCE OF IT.
NOW, WE MAY NOT LIKE EVERYTHING
THAT HAPPENS, BUT YOU KNOW
WHAT?
ALL OF THE OPEN AND TRANSPARENT
ACTIVITY ON THE REPUBLICAN
SIDE, FRANKLY, I THINK, HAS PUT
PRESSURE ON THE DEMOCRATS'
SIDE, THEIR PROCESS -- THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED IN
THAT ARE DEMANDING SAME THING
SO YOU'RE SEEING, PERHAPS, JOE
BIDEN GETTING IN NOW AND ALL
KIND OF THINGS ARE GOING ON.
TOM EMMER IS NOT COMMITTED
AT THIS POINT?
I'M NOT RUNNING, NO.
I KNOW YOU'RE NOT -- THAT
WOULD BE 18 OR 19.
NO, IT WON'T.
BUT THANK YOU, ESME.
YOU HAVEN'T DECIDED WHO YOU
WOULD --
NO, IT'S WAY TOO EARLY.
LET'S SEE WHERE IT GOES.
I'LL LEAVE THE EXPERTS LIKE THE
ONE YOU WILL HAVE ON, PROFESSOR
SCHULTZ, TELL US WHERE THEY
THINK IT'S GOING.