[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 85 (Tuesday, June 11, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H6126]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        THE CARE FOR HUMAN LIFE IS THE OBJECT OF GOOD GOVERNMENT

  (Mr. STEARNS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Speaker, I had a town meeting Saturday in Hampton, 
FL, and Janice Sanford was there at the town meeting and she gave me 
hundreds of petitions dealing with the partial-birth abortion veto by 
the President. President Clinton has once again demonstrated that he 
favors legal, unrestricted, and easily available abortions on demand, 
even in the ninth month of pregnancy.
  Mr. Speaker, Thomas Jefferson once said,

       The care of human life and happiness, and not their 
     destruction is the first and only legitimate object of good 
     government.

  I share this commitment to actively support legislation that sustains 
the Federal Government's traditional goals in family planning.
  Members of both Houses of Congress already voted to promote these 
goals when we said no to partial-birth abortions. I strenuously oppose 
President Clinton's veto of the ban, and urge my colleagues to say no 
once again when we have the opportunity to override this veto.

  Once again, I congratulate Janice Sanford for her active efforts to 
demonstrate this by the petition she gave me last Saturday.

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