[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 115 (Thursday, July 1, 2021)]
[House]
[Pages H3584-H3585]
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. WALORSKI asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. WALORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to defend the unborn and 
protect taxpayers from being forced to fund abortions.
  The Hyde amendment, which prohibits taxpayer dollars from paying for 
abortion, has enjoyed broad, bipartisan consensus since 1976, and a 
majority of Americans support it today. It is estimated to have saved 
nearly 2.5 million lives.
  It saddens me that I now have to defend this commonsense provision 
from attacks by congressional Democrats and the Biden administration. 
Americans should not be forced to financially support the destruction 
of life.

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  That is why I am proud to cosponsor H.R. 18, the No Taxpayer Funding 
for Abortion Act, which would codify this vital prohibition into law.
  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 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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