[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 37 (Thursday, March 20, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H1191]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                           REPUBLICAN AGENDA

  (Mr. PAPPAS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAPPAS. Mr. Speaker, Republicans in the House have outlined a 13-
point agenda to create a better America. Our agenda reflects a genuine 
desire to preserve America and to have a Nation that is safe and 
economically stable, but this whole process starts with protecting the 
American family.
  Part of protecting the family is protecting life. The effort to end 
partial-birth abortions is crucial because this procedure denies human 
life and human dignity. But this whole matter of ending partial-birth 
abortion is not just a Republican versus Democrat or liberal versus 
conservative issue. Public support to end this barbaric procedure is 
very wide and very deep. Polls show 84 percent public approval of the 
ban.
  A bipartisan group of Members of Congress have taken the lead on this 
issue, not because it is popular or politically expedient. We take the 
lead because it is right to protect life and, in doing that, the future 
of America.

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