Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) is warning the Biden administration against ignoring the Texas court ruling regarding the suspension of approval for the abortion pill mifepristone.
Gonzales said House Republicans may use the “power of the purse” to keep the administration in check, while speaking on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday.
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“It’s very dangerous when you have the Biden administration coming out and saying they may not uphold a ruling. As an appropriator on the House Republican side, I look at it, the House Republicans have the power of the purse, and if the administration wants to not lead this ruling, not live up to this ruling, then we’re going to have a problem. And it may be a coming to a point where House Republicans on the appropriation side have to defund FDA programs that don’t make sense,” Gonzales said.
Gonzales stressed that it is pivotal to not undermine court decisions, even if it goes against someone’s position.
“I think it’s important that we have to get back and allow our institutions to lead. We can’t undermine them when we don’t agree with things that are there,” Gonzales said.
Earlier Sunday, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said that “everything is on the table” in the wake of a decision by a federal judge to order the Food and Drug Administration to suspend its approval of the abortion pill mifepristone.
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Becerra would not say whether the FDA would follow the court order, saying that he wanted “the courts to overturn this reckless decision.”
The Biden administration has appealed the Friday ruling, arguing the decision “overturns the FDA’s expert judgment,” setting the stage for a lengthy legal battle over the pill.
