[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 13 (Tuesday, January 22, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H983-H984]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    HONORING THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS

  (Mr. RUTHERFORD asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. RUTHERFORD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and honor the 
Knights of Columbus, a fraternal Catholic organization dedicated to 
charitable action.
  Some of my colleagues have recently made disparaging comments about 
the mission of the Knights of Columbus, and I want to be clear: As a 
member of that proud organization, I am very proud of their 
humanitarian mission.
  In 2017 alone, the Knights of Columbus raised $185 million in 
charitable contributions and contributed 75 million hours of service 
worldwide.
  The Knights of Columbus stand firmly for protecting life in all its 
forms, most especially the unborn. They recently donated their one 
thousandth ultrasound machine to women's pregnancy centers in the U.S. 
and around the world.
  Studies have shown that women who view these ultrasounds of their 
unborn child are much more likely to carry that child to term.

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  So on today's anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision; let's listen 
to the words of Carl Anderson, leader of the Knights of Columbus, who 
said:
  ``What greater legacy can a person have than to save a child's 
life?''

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