[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 126 (Monday, July 19, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H3661]
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. BRADY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BRADY. Madam Speaker, I rise today to strongly oppose Democrats' 
cruel efforts to repeal the Hyde amendment.
  My wife, Cathy, and I are proud parents because of two women in 
difficult situations who chose life and, through adoption, gave us two 
loving sons.
  Since 1976, the Hyde amendment has saved the lives of nearly two and 
a half million innocent babies, and whether you are pro-abortion or 
pro-life, as I am, Americans have always agreed, Washington should not 
use their taxpayer dollars to pay for and encourage abortion.
  Unfortunately, that is what President Biden is trying to do, repeal 
this important humanitarian protection of the innocent unborn.
  This is an affront to the majority of Americans who do not want their 
tax dollars to fund 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 on the House floor.
  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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