[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 190 (Thursday, October 28, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H6031]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              BUDGET RECONCILIATION AND THE HYDE AMENDMENT

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, as with any massive spending package, the 
Democrats' $3.5 trillion--it may be getting smaller--reconciliation 
bill does have some good items in it that we could agree on in a better 
package, such as critically important disaster relief funds for fires, 
flood, and other recovery efforts.
  Unfortunately, tucked amongst this are some necessary programs but 
also attempts by the Democrats to once again circumvent the Hyde 
amendment, originally passed in the House in 1976, and which would 
force American taxpayers to fund elective abortions.
  In the reconciliation bill, there are millions of dollars worth of 
public health grants not Hyde-protected. This bill also mandates 
abortion coverage in the Affordable Care Act for plans covering 
individuals above the poverty line.
  Additionally, it sets aside $1.75 billion for public health 
activities that would allow the CDC to construct facilities that 
perform elective abortion and trains others to do so.
  If this bill is adopted as currently written, violating the Hyde 
amendment, all Americans will have to pay for abortions regardless of 
their State's policies or their own moral or religious convictions.

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