[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 6 (Monday, January 10, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E15-E16]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                HONORING THE CAREER OF CATHIE HUMBARGER

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                             HON. JIM BANKS

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, January 10, 2022

  Mr. BANKS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Cathie Humbarger of 
Fort Wayne, as she retired recently from her position with the Right to 
Life of Northeast Indiana.
  Cathie's decades-long leadership in the pro-life movement has been 
extraordinary. Formerly the communications director for the National 
Right to Life and Vice President of the Indiana Right to Life, Cathie 
has defended life at every level and before every audience possible. As 
just one example, she was a very public proponent of a bill signed into 
law by Governor Eric Holcomb last spring to codify new restrictions on 
the ability for minors to get abortions and for clinics to prescribe 
abortion-inducing pills.
  As another, for years, Cathie helped organize the annual summer 
``Pro-Life Boot Camp''

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at the University of St. Francis to equip high school and college 
students with the tools necessary to defend life in the public space. 
Cathie was also essential in helping mobilize Northeast Indiana's 
contingent to attend the annual National March for Life in Washington, 
D.C. One of the highlights of my time in Congress was being joined on 
stage by Cathie at the 2017 March as Vice President Mike Pence gave one 
of the most forceful defenses for life ever.
  Beyond her professional accolades and achievements, of which there 
are many, Cathie is one of the kindest, most genuine, and dutiful 
people I have ever known. I am proud to call her a friend of many years 
and wish her Godspeed as she enters a new chapter of her life. This 
document serves as a testament to Cathie's career and character, and an 
appeal to future generations--that they be inspired by Cathie to carry 
on the fight for life in the years and decades to come.

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