[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 15 (Friday, January 24, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S343]
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                             March for Life

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, today is the 52nd annual March for Life 
right here in the Nation's Capital. Folks from all over the Nation and 
world are in Washington to offer a joyful witness to the beauty and 
dignity of every human person. They will march in the cold in 
solidarity with babies in the womb. They will march in solidarity with 
mothers who deserve better than abortion--mothers who deserve love, 
support, and encouragement. They will march with a hope that the day is 
coming when all people will see babies as the blessing they are, the 
day when abortion is unthinkable. The signs the marchers carry reveal 
the hearts of each one.
  A popular sign each year reads ``Love them both.'' The pro-life 
movement desires to affirm and restore the bond between mother and 
child. This sacred bond exists even before a baby is born.
  So I say thank you to the pro-life marchers. I say thank you for your 
faithful example of what it means to be pro-life. God bless you.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.