[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 29, 2021)]
[House]
[Pages H3247-H3248]
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. WAGNER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. WAGNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise as a tireless advocate for the most 
vulnerable. I continue to fight for the Born-Alive Act to mandate 
lifesaving care for abortion survivors. And I also am proud to support 
H.R. 18, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, which will 
permanently prohibit taxpayer funding for abortions by enshrining the 
bipartisan Hyde amendment into law. Sadly, both the Born-Alive Act and 
the Hyde amendment are under attack by my Democrat colleagues.
  The Hyde amendment protects taxpayers from paying for abortions and 
has saved hundreds of thousands of lives.
  No one should be forced to financially support the abortion industry. 
I stand with the majority of Americans who believe in this essential 
conscience protection.

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  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 I 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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