[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 129 (Thursday, July 22, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H3824]
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. CHABOT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Speaker, nearly 20 years ago, I introduced 
legislation in this House, which passed the House and the Senate. 
President George W. Bush signed it into law, and it went all the way to 
the U.S. Supreme Court and now is the law of the land. It banned 
partial-birth abortion in this country.
  While that was landmark legislation, today, it is more important than 
ever that we protect innocent unborn life.
  That is why, a little over a month ago, the city of Lebanon in my 
congressional district back home became one of more than 30 cities 
across the country, and the first in Ohio, to become a sanctuary city 
for the unborn.
  It is why I have consistently and enthusiastically supported 
legislation which would get rid of the funding for Planned Parenthood 
and its affiliates and supported legislation like H.R. 18, which 
codifies the Hyde amendment to ensure that Federal taxpayer money does 
not fund abortions.
  And it is why, 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 Act, and I ask for its immediate consideration in 
the House.
  We should not allow tax dollars to go for funding other people's 
abortions.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Mrvan). As the Chair previously advised, 
that request cannot be entertained absent appropriate clearance.

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