[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 133 (Thursday, July 29, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H4258]
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

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Georgia (Mr. Hice) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. HICE of Georgia. Madam Speaker, I rise today as a staunch 
defender of the rights of the unborn, as a defender of the idea that 
human life begins at conception. But these ideals are being threatened 
today like never before.
  This week, I join my fellow Republicans in speaking out in support of 
the Hyde amendment and other pro-life provisions stripped from 
appropriations bills by the Democratic majority.
  The Hyde amendment is and has been a bipartisan provision included in 
every Federal spending measure for the past four decades. It has 
ensured that the lives of the unborn are protected and that no Federal 
tax dollars are used to fund abortions.
  Very simply, the Hyde amendment saves lives.
  I am committed to ending the blight of abortion on our Nation and to 
stand with all I have to fight to protect the rights and the lives of 
the unborn.
  My Democratic colleagues are great at changing terms and changing 
names. By definition, healthcare protects and improves lives, yet 
Democrats changed ``healthcare'' to include abortion. But abortion does 
not improve or defend life; it takes life. It is not healthcare.
  For this reason, 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 I ask for its 
immediate consideration in the House.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the order of the House of 
January 4, 2021, the House is in session solely for the purpose of 
conducting morning-hour debate. Therefore, that unanimous consent 
request cannot be entertained at this time.

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