Sen. Rand Paul Blocks Small Business PPP Loans from Going to Abortion Giant Planned Parenthood; CBN News Exclusive

Abigail Robertson : Mar 11, 2021
CBN News

"We argued that this is an end-run around the rules and that Planned Parenthood wasn't eligible, and low and behold we convinced the parliamentarian and that part of the bill was stripped out..." -Sen. Rand Paul

[CBN News] In a wide-ranging interview on Tuesday, US Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) told CBN News how he blocked a provision in the Senate's $1.9 trillion spending bill that would have allowed individual Planned Parenthood clinics to receive money through the Paycheck Protection Program. (Screengrab image)

"They've been trying to get this PPP money which is this loan program that's supposed to be for small businesses, Planned Parenthood has been trying to suck up that money," Paul explained. "What Planned Parenthood was doing was an end run around. They were saying, 'Well what about our individual Planned Parenthood of Louisville or Jacksonville or Houston or whatever?' We'll apply individually and we'll pretend to be a small business even though we're under the umbrella of Planned Parenthood which is a very big business."

Senate Democrats passed the bill through the budget reconciliation process, meaning they only needed a simple majority for it to pass. Through this process, however, the bill can only include things that are pertinent to the budget. If there is a debate on whether or not a part of the bill applies to the budget, the Senate parliamentarian has the power to decide what stays in and what needs to come out... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

Continue reading this exclusive story and watch the CBN video report here.