[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 22, 2021)]
[House]
[Pages H2990-H2991]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   REQUEST TO CONSIDER H.R. 18, NO TAXPAYER FUNDING FOR ABORTION ACT

  (Mr. HARRIS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HARRIS. Madam Speaker, today, the House debated several bills to 
address the health and safety of children and newborns, including those 
that would ban crib bumpers and mandate stability standards for 
furniture that could fall on children.
  Unfortunately, this body did not consider any legislation that would 
continue to ensure that precious taxpayer dollars are not used to fund 
abortions that intentionally kill babies. At a time when this 
protection of the unborn may be stripped from Federal funding bills for 
the first time in nearly 50 years, it should be pointed out that 
abortion ends exponentially more lives than crib bumpers or furniture.
  Madam Speaker, I, therefore, ask unanimous consent that the 
Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and the Judiciary be 
discharged from further consideration of H.R. 18, the No Taxpayer 
Funding for

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Abortion Act, and ask for its immediate consideration in the House.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. As the Chair previously advised, the request 
cannot be entertained absent appropriate clearance.

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