[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 15 (Thursday, January 22, 2026)]
[House]
[Page H1335]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                        ROE V. WADE ANNIVERSARY

  (Mr. BIGGS of Arizona asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BIGGS of Arizona. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on the 43rd 
anniversary of the devastating Roe v. Wade decision. For nearly 50 
years, Roe distorted our Constitution and did great harm to our Nation.
  The decision was not rooted in the text of the Constitution. Instead, 
the Court invented a constitutional right grounded in a vague, 
undefined concept of privacy that the Court itself struggled to 
explain.
  Roe silenced voters, sidelined legislatures, and eroded respect for 
the judiciary by turning judges into policymakers. Worst of all, it 
cost millions of innocent lives.
  In overturning Roe, the Supreme Court rightly corrected a grave legal 
error and returned authority to the States where it belongs. That 
restoration of constitutional order was long overdue.
  I also bid hello and welcome to my friends from the Center for 
Arizona Policy who are in the gallery today.

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