[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 110 (Thursday, June 24, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H3119]
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. LATTA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LATTA. Mr. Speaker, for more than 40 years American taxpayers 
have been protected from paying for abortions on demand with their tax 
dollars. Alarmingly, President Biden's budget proposal calls for the 
Hyde amendment to be removed. This radical, immoral policy makes it 
legal for taxpayer dollars to support and enable the abortion industry.
  Nearly 60 percent of Americans agree that taxpayer dollars should not 
be used to fund abortion. This is not a partisan issue. One of the most 
basic ways we can protect innocent life is ensuring that taxpayer money 
is not being used to fund abortions.
  As a defender of the unborn, I do not support the removal of the Hyde 
amendment. I oppose all efforts to mandate taxpayer funding for 
abortion.
  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
  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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