[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 127 (Tuesday, July 20, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H3738]
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. WALBERG asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of taxpayers and, 
importantly, in support of life, an unalienable right endowed by our 
Creator.
  For over 40 years, Democrats and Republicans have come together to 
include the commonsense prohibition on taxpayer-funded abortions, 
better known as the Hyde amendment.
  President Biden himself was a vocal backer of the Hyde amendment 
during his decades in the Senate.
  Because of Hyde, 2.5 million lives have been saved and afforded the 
chance to reach their God-given potential.
  Yet, as we stand here today, House Democrats are advancing an annual 
funding bill that shockingly abandons the longstanding Hyde amendment.
  It shouldn't be controversial to spare precious babies and give 
taxpayers the assurance that their hard-earned money is not used for 
abortions.
  Therefore, 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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