[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 115 (Thursday, July 1, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H3589]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





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   REQUEST TO CONSIDER H.R. 18, NO TAXPAYER FUNDING FOR ABORTION ACT

  (Mr. WENSTRUP asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WENSTRUP. Mr. Speaker, when I became a physician, I took a 
Hippocratic oath to do no harm. It has guided my actions and my 
conscience to do no harm.
  For the past 41 years, most Americans, regardless of their views on 
abortion, have agreed on one very simple principle: No taxpayer should 
be required to pay for abortion. We have agreed that Americans who 
believe life begins at conception should not be coerced by the 
government to violate their conscience.
  As a Senator, Joe Biden told his constituents that, ``The government 
should not tell those with strong convictions against abortion, such as 
you and I, that we must pay for them.'' That was Joe Biden then.
  Tragically, President Biden and our colleagues across the aisle now 
want to eliminate lifesaving Hyde amendment protections and force every 
U.S. taxpayer to fund abortions through government spending.
  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, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion 
and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act, and ask for its immediate 
consideration in the House.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Jones). As the Chair previously advised, 
that request cannot be entertained absent appropriate clearance.

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