[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 43 (Monday, March 11, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H2627-H2628]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




REQUEST TO CONSIDER H.R. 962, BORN-ALIVE ABORTION SURVIVORS PROTECTION 
                                  ACT

  Mr. BOST. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on 
the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 962, the 
Born-Alive Abortion Survivor Protection Act, and ask for its immediate 
consideration in the House.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under guidelines consistently issued by 
successive Speakers, and recorded in section 956 of the House Rules and 
Manual, the Chair is constrained not to entertain the request unless it 
has been cleared by the bipartisan floor and committee leadership.


                        Parliamentary Inquiries

  Mr. BOST. Parliamentary inquiry, Mr. Speaker.

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  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his parliamentary 
inquiry.
  Mr. BOST. Mr. Speaker, is it not true that under the Born-Alive 
Abortion Protection Act that infant survivors of abortion would receive 
lifesaving medical care?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has not stated a proper 
parliamentary inquiry.
  Mr. BOST. Parliamentary inquiry, Mr. Speaker.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his parliamentary 
inquiry.
  Mr. BOST. Mr. Speaker, does an infant survivor of an abortion not 
deserve the same care as other living human beings?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has not stated a proper 
parliamentary inquiry.
  Mr. BOST. One more parliamentary inquiry, Mr. Speaker.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his parliamentary 
inquiry.
  Mr. BOST. Will the Chair entertain a unanimous consent request to 
enter into the Record comments from Virginia Governor Ralph Northam 
about infanticide?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will not provide an advisory 
opinion.
  Mr. BOST. Mr. Speaker, if this unanimous consent request cannot be 
entertained on H.R. 962, I urge the Speaker and the majority leader to 
immediately schedule the Born-Alive bill so we can stand up and protect 
the sanctity of human life.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has not been recognized for 
debate.

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