[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 82 (Wednesday, May 12, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H2209]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           CANCELING MOTHERS

  (Mr. MOONEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MOONEY. Madam Speaker, this past weekend, we celebrated Mother's 
Day, a day for families across our great Nation to honor our mothers.
  God has blessed me with a wife, the mother of our three beautiful 
children, including two daughters.
  My own mother, Lala, has instilled in me the values I am proud to 
cherish today, including my faith and belief in family. My mother, who 
is almost 80 years old, fled Communist Cuba under the Castro regime and 
is now a proud American. Her love of country inspires me each day.
  Mother's Day was founded by West Virginia native Anna Jarvis in 1908. 
But the radical left, including some Members of Congress, have begun 
referring to mothers as ``birthing people.''
  NARAL, the pro-choice lobbying group, tweeted on May 6: ``When we 
talk about birthing people, we are being inclusive. It is that 
simple.''
  The canceling of the term ``mother'' actually began here in the 
Congress when Speaker Pelosi changed the House Rules package and 
eliminated the words ``mother,'' ``father,'' ``son,'' and ``daughter,'' 
and replaced them with ``parent'' and ``child.''
  It defies common sense that the cancel culture and some Members of 
Congress would seek to cancel the term ``mother.'' It is wrong that we 
cannot celebrate mothers on the House floor. All mothers play an 
important role.

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