[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 30, 2021)]
[House]
[Pages H3312-H3313]
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. ALLEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ALLEN. Madam Speaker, H.R. 18 must be immediately brought to the 
House floor for a vote.
  The No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act would make the Hyde 
amendment and other current abortion funding prohibitions permanent and 
governmentwide.

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  The Hyde amendment was passed in 1976 and has shared bipartisan 
support for over four decades, while saving at least 2.4 million lives. 
But, now, my Democrat colleagues want to break with precedent and pave 
the way for taxpayer-funded abortions.
  This is wrong. It is in direct opposition to God's word and the will 
of the American people.
  Psalm 139:13 is clear: ``For You formed my inward parts; You knitted 
me together in my mother's womb. I praise You, for I am fearfully and 
wonderfully made.''
  Polling shows that 60 percent of Americans oppose taxpayer funding of 
abortion.
  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. As the Chair has previously advised, the 
request cannot be entertained absent appropriate clearance.

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