AAF Defund TANF Letter

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February 23, 2024 Dear House Republicans: When you return from recess, you will be in session for just two days before parts of the federal government begin shutting down. As the top-line number of $1.7 trillion is now set, the real appropriations battle begins over so-called appropriations “riders,” including one on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).

We, as leaders of the pro-life movement, request that you defund the rulemaking process for the Biden Administration’s proposed rule “Strengthening TANF as a Safety Net and Work Program.” This proposed rule (88 FR 67697) would prohibit pregnancy centers and alternative-to-abortion programs from receiving millions of dollars a year in TANF funding while directing that same funding to Planned Parenthoods and other abortion centers favored by the Biden Administration. Late last year, a bicameral Republican coalition of 11 Senators and 19 Representatives sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra urging him to immediately withdraw the rule.

Depriving pregnancy resource centers of funds is just another example of the Biden Administrations’ war on life. The needless targeting of pro-life centers will only hurt women and children, when they are at their most vulnerable. We certainly understand the current political reality in Washington, but by defunding this rulemaking process, you can deliver a win for women and children across America. We strongly encourage you to defund the rulemaking process for the proposed rule “Strengthening TANF as a Safety Net and Work Program” in upcoming appropriations bills. Thank you, Paul Teller Marjorie Dannenfelser Executive Director President Advancing American Freedom Susan B.

Anthony Pro-Life America Tony Perkins Kristan Hawkins President President Family Research Council Students for Life of America

Ryan Walker Jody Hice Executive Vice President President Heritage Action FRC Action Gary L. Bauer Morton Blackwell President Chairman American Values Conservative Leadership PAC Thomas H. Jones Patrick T. Brown President Fellow American Accountability Foundation Action Ethics and Public Policy Center Tom McClusky Joe Waresak Director of Government Affairs President CatholicVote James Dobson Family Institute Kristen A. Ullman Saulius "Saul" Anuzis President President Eagle Forum American Association of Senior Citizens Dr. John Seago Richard A.

Viguerie President Chairman Texas Right to Life FedUpPAC.com Donna Jackson Nate Dunning Director of Membership Development Chairman Project 21 Black Leadership Network Young Conservatives of Texas Paul Gessing Tami L. Fitzgerald President Executive Director Rio Grande Foundation NC Values Coalition James L. Martin Jason Poblete, Esq. Founder/Chairman President 60 Plus Association Global Liberty Alliance Kevin Freeman Jor-El Godsey Founder President NSIC Institute Heartbeat International Allen J. Hebert Bob Carlstrom President President American-Chinese Fellowship of Houston AMAC Action

Richard Manning Ethan Peck President Associate Americans for Limited Government National Center for Public Policy Research Pamela S. Roberts Scott Shepard Immediate Past President; Retired Fellow and Free Enterprise Project Director Kentucky Federation of Republican Women National Center for Public Policy Research Melissa Ortiz George Landrith Founder President Capability Consulting Frontiers of Freedom