[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 111 (Friday, June 25, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H3138]
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

  (Mrs. HARTZLER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. HARTZLER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in solidarity with the 2 
million lives saved by the Hyde amendment.
  For decades, Presidents of both parties, including Presidents Clinton 
and Obama, have worked across the aisle to include the Hyde amendment 
in the Federal budget, which is a temporary protection barring the use 
of taxpayer funds to pay for abortions.
  However, this year, while calling for unity, the President is pushing 
for a $6 trillion budget with no protections for the unborn or for the 
taxpayer who will foot the bill. This is an action where everyone 
loses.
  Instead of callously endangering the lives of millions of women and 
children at taxpayer expense, we should be fighting tooth and nail for 
their protections.
  By making the Hyde amendment permanent, that is exactly what H.R. 18 
will do.
  That is why 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 (Mr. Neguse). 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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