[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 8518]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



    FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION ACT, FISCAL YEARS 2002 AND 2003

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                               speech of

                             HON. RON LEWIS

                              of kentucky

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 16, 2001

       The House in Committee of the Whole House on the State of 
     the Union had under consideration to the bill (H.R. 1646) to 
     authorized appropriations for the Department of State for 
     fiscal years 2002 and 2003, and for other purposes:

  Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in strong support 
of the Hyde-Smith Amendment. Once again, we are debating the use of 
federal tax dollars for abortion. in a poll taken last year, Fox News 
surveyed 900 Americans and found that 55% of them believed that 
abortion was wrong, with 15% not sure. Why are we using taxpayer 
dollars to fund abortion when the vast majority of Americans don't 
agree with it?
  I am also amazed at the other side's argument that reversing the 
Mexico City policy will save lives! It does exactly the opposite by 
murdering children who just happen to have not yet been born. Don't let 
their rhetoric fool you! We do provide quality family planning for 
overseas family groups, and keeping the Mexico City policy in place 
will further protect the newest members of these families.
  I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on the Hyde amendment.

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