[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 1568]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 RECOGNIZING THE DESORMEAUX FOUNDATION

 Mr. VITTER. Mr. President, I wish to acknowledge the work of 
the Desormeaux Foundation and in particular to commend their annual 
Life Banquet, which helps support their efforts to assist women with 
unplanned pregnancies.
  The Foundation runs the St. Marguerite d'Youville Home for pregnant 
women and mothers in crisis. The home welcomes them with a peaceful, 
secure setting that offers spiritual guidance and access to 
educational, medical, and professional resources.
  Over the years, the Desormeaux Foundation has worked tirelessly on 
efforts like this to advance pro-life values, and I am greatly 
appreciative of the constant vigilance by the Desormeaux Foundation in 
helping advance these values.
  I commend the foundation for their hard work to support agendas that 
protect human life, like banning partial-birth abortions, outlawing 
abortion drugs, and preventing taxpayer dollars from funding abortions, 
as well as strongly supporting adoption and crisis pregnancy centers.
  The Desormeaux Foundation's work is helping promote the culture of 
life, and I would like to applaud the good people of the Desormeaux 
Foundation and wish them continued success in their mission.

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