[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 111 (Friday, June 25, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H3151]
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. WITTMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WITTMAN. Madam Speaker, for decades, the Hyde amendment has 
shielded the American taxpayer from being forced to fund abortion. And 
for decades, the Hyde amendment has enjoyed broad bipartisan support. 
Even President Biden supported the Hyde amendment as recently as 2019.
  Unfortunately, that is no longer the case. Now, President Biden has 
reversed course, proposing we repeal the Hyde amendment.
  In turn, this would require American taxpayers, no matter what their 
personal beliefs, to fund abortion.
  Madam Speaker, this is wrong. Every life is blessed with inherent 
worth, infinite potential, and sacred dignity.
  As a child of adoption myself, I would not be here today if not for 
my mother's decision to choose life over abortion.
  I urge my colleagues to stand strong in support of the Hyde amendment 
and against this radical new position of President Biden.
  Madam 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 (Ms. Bush). 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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