[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 126 (Monday, July 19, 2021)]
[House]
[Pages H3659-H3660]
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. HARSHBARGER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. HARSHBARGER. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of the Hyde 
amendment.
  As a mother and grandmother of two precious grandsons, I am committed 
to protecting the life of the unborn.
  Since enacted, the Hyde amendment ban on taxpayer-funded abortions 
has saved nearly 2\1/2\ million lives. We cannot understate the 
importance of this amendment in saving these precious, innocent lives.
  I have taken care of young women with infertility problems for over 
30 years, and they would love to cradle a precious baby in their arms. 
So many want to discard that precious child as just an unnecessary 
interruption in their way of life.
  This is why we need to enact H.R. 18, the No Taxpayer Funding for 
Abortion Act, to ensure these pro-life protections remain in place.

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  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. Bourdeaux). 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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