[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 110 (Thursday, June 24, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H3118]
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. ESTES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ESTES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today as a voice for all Kansans, 
including those who have yet to be born.
  Kansans have long valued life. From our entry into the Union as a 
free State before the Civil War to the Summer of Mercy in Wichita, the 
Sunflower State has been a beacon of hope and freedom for those without 
a voice.
  In Congress, we should follow the lead of Kansans and recognize the 
intrinsic value of human life. Yet, the left continues to push radical 
and unscientific policies that end the lives of unborn babies.
  What is worse, they want to pay for their abortion-on-demand policies 
with your tax dollars, a provision that has wide, bipartisan 
opposition. New polling shows that 58 percent of voters and 65 percent 
of Independents oppose taxpayer-funded abortion.
  The No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act is a no-brainer. Simply put, 
we need to save the Hyde amendment. It saved nearly 2.5 million lives.
  Mr. Speaker, I 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, and ask for its immediate 
consideration in the House.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under guidelines consistently issued by 
successive Speakers, as 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 leaderships.

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