John Cornyn: “Democrats want to throw [the Hyde Amendment] out the window.”

“But one area that we have agreed on this consensus back, named after Henry Hyde, a famous legislator or House member from Illinois, is something called the Hyde Amendment that says no tax dollars can go for abortions. And Democrats want to throw [the Hyde Amendment] out the window. Well, rather than just point the finger at our Democratic colleagues, we actually have come up with a better idea.” (04:43–04:46)

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