[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 110 (Thursday, June 24, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H3093]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    CONGRESS MUST PROTECT THE UNBORN

  (Mr. BERGMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BERGMAN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to voice my deep 
disappointment with President Biden's fiscal year 2022 budget request--
more specifically, the President's removal of longstanding pro-life 
protections such as the Hyde amendment.
  The Hyde amendment prohibits Federal funds from being used to pay for 
abortions. Historically, this policy has shared strong bipartisan 
consensus in the House.
  I made a promise to my constituents to protect the unborn and to give 
a voice to those who have no voice. Since coming here to Congress, I 
have consistently supported pro-life policies. This is a value in the 
First District of Michigan that is shared across party lines.
  Yet, this President's budget request forces American taxpayers to 
fund abortions, a denial of the basic human right to life.
  I strongly urge my colleagues in the House to not follow in those 
footsteps and to oppose this proposal.
  As we work through the Federal appropriations process, it is 
imperative Congress maintains these basic protections and opposes any 
other policies that would promote abortions here in the United States 
and throughout the world.
  Let us, the United States of America, be an example to the rest of 
the world that, no matter how much we may disagree, we can come 
together for the protection of human life both before and after birth.

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