[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 148 (Wednesday, November 9, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H10045]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             THE MAINSTREAM

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Madam Speaker, some liberals opposed to the nomination of 
Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court claim that Judge Alito is 
``outside the mainstream'' because he supported the spousal notice 
provision of the Pennsylvania Abortion Control Act. Mind you, this was 
not paternal notice; it was spousal notice. This was not spousal 
consent. It was spousal notice. Polling showed nearly 75 percent of the 
Americans support this provision.
  So what is the mainstream in America today? In 2004, 13 States 
included on their ballot a constitutional amendment defining marriage 
as the union between a man and a woman. All 13 States passed the 
measure by wide margins. Today, it is up to 19 States. The polls 
overwhelmingly support this definition.
  A Zogby poll showed 77 percent of Americans support a law requiring a 
pregnant woman be given information about fetal pain prior to an 
abortion. Other polls show nearly 90 percent support including the 
phrase ``under God'' in the Pledge of Allegiance. A 2005 Gallup poll 
shows 75 percent of Americans think that State government entities 
should be allowed to display the 10 Commandments.
  Let us not allow liberal interest groups to arbitrarily define the 
mainstream for us.

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