[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 25, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H293]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                          CONDEMNING VIOLENCE

  (Ms. HOULAHAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. HOULAHAN. Mr. Speaker, 2 weeks ago, I stood on this very House 
floor and I voted to condemn violence at crisis pregnancy centers. A 
vote that was difficult to make, not because I think it was wrong to 
condemn violence, I don't.
  Rather, it was difficult as an American to watch this governing body 
politicize the ideas of civility and decency that should be undoubtedly 
woven through every last one of us.
  Mr. Speaker, I stand before you to condemn violence again, this time 
at an abortion clinic. I stand before you to acknowledge the violent 
attack at the Planned Parenthood in Illinois last week. The cowardly 
arson attack, a firebomb, damaged the building just days after abortion 
protections were signed into law in Illinois.
  Let there be no mistake, this was clearly intended to terrorize 
women, girls, their families, and the medical professionals who serve 
them from exercising reproductive freedoms.
  Now, I ask my Republican colleagues to join me as I have joined them 
in condemning violence and this violent attack. From this day forward, 
I invite all Americans to unequivocally say that we must restore 
civility and decency in every corner of our Nation because violence is 
never the answer ever.

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