[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 201 (Thursday, November 18, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8439-S8440]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO SEAN DUFFY

  Mrs. HYDE-SMITH. Madam President, as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares 
to hear oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization 
case, I am taking time to recognize leaders in the pro-life movement 
who have helped bring us to this point. Today, I pay tribute to former 
Congressman Sean Duffy, who represented the pro-life values of the 
Seventh District of Wisconsin for five terms from 2011-2019.
  Throughout his time in the House, Representative Duffy remained 
unwavering in his commitment to the sanctity of life. Whatever pro-life 
issue

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arose, Representative Duffy was there to defend the unborn and the 
value of all life.
  As religious liberty issues entered in the debate over the Affordable 
Care Act--ACA--Representative Duffy fought to keep taxpayer funding 
from covering abortions in ACA health plans. His opposition was part of 
his larger effort to oppose taxpayer funding for abortion in any arena, 
a fight embodied in his support of the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion 
Act.
  As our Nation a few years later learned of the horrors perpetrated by 
notorious abortionist Kermit Gosnell, Representative Duffy took to the 
House floor to highlight the evil of abortion as shown in Gosnell's 
case.
  When videos revealed that Planned Parenthood was illegally selling 
fetal tissue from aborted babies, Representative Duffy joined his 
colleagues in calling for an investigation into this travesty. His pro-
life leadership role led to an appointment to the House Energy and 
Commerce Committee's Select Investigative Panel on Planned Parenthood 
that investigated that organization's illegal fetal tissue sales.
  A true pro-life hero, Representative Duffy leads by example in living 
out his pro-life values. On August 2019, Representative Duffy announced 
his resignation to focus on his ninth child who was born with heart 
defects and Down's syndrome.
  Representative Duffy, along with his wife Rachel Campos-Duffy, stands 
as an inspirational example of how to champion pro-life and pro-family 
values in both public roles and in private lives.

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