[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 20, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H246]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         STUPAK-PITTS AMENDMENT

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Moran) is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. MORAN of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, last month I wrote Speaker Pelosi 
and insisted that the Stupak-Pitts amendment be preserved in any final 
version of health care reform legislation. The Stupak-Pitts amendment 
would maintain the current policy of preventing Federal funds, taxpayer 
dollars, from paying for elective abortion. This question is even more 
crucial after passage of H.R. 3590, the Senate health care bill, which 
allows Federal funds to subsidize elective abortion. Unfortunately, the 
Speaker has yet to respond to my inquiry.
  So this week, the same week as the annual March for Life in 
Washington, the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Walden) and I are again 
sending a request to the Speaker: Madam Speaker, please respond to our 
request for information regarding your intentions on the Stupak-Pitts 
amendment in health care reform negotiations. We continue to insist 
that you keep the exact language of that amendment which passed this 
House by a wide, bipartisan margin in any final version of health care 
legislation. Please do not ignore the voice of the American people or 
their Representatives on this very important issue.

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