Senator Bernie Sanders Statement on Government Shutdown Threat

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–Sept. 24, 2015  – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after voting against a bill to cut funding for Planned Parenthood:

“Republicans are once again taking us to the edge of a government shutdown, demanding we take away health care from the American people. Defunding Planned Parenthood would deny hundreds of thousands of Americans access to services such as birth control, cancer screenings, and STI tests.

“We know shutting the government down…