James Lankford: “When the Affordable Care Act was passed, there was an…”

“… those are covered by Hyde protections with this basic compromise agreement that we will not fund abortions with American taxpayer dollars. Well, except for one area, and that's actually Obamacare. When the Affordable Care Act was passed, there was an attempt to include the Hyde Amendment. actually included in that. That was actually put in in the House of Representatives when they sent it over to the Senate to say, no, let's include the Hyde Amendment in this like we do every other part of our healthcare agreement.” (05:04–05:13)

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