[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 14676]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        AMERICAN TAX DOLLARS SHOULD NOT BE USED TO FUND ABORTION

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, there are few issues that divide the 
American conscience like abortion. There are few topics that are 
fraught with such conviction and emotion.
  Last month the President, speaking at Notre Dame, called ``for open 
hearts, open minds, and fair-minded words'' on abortion as he pled with 
the country for greater understanding. The actions of his 
administration and this House belie the hope that the President's words 
implied. While calling for a constructive dialogue on one hand, on the 
other, he and many of my colleagues commit tax dollars to fund a 
practice so many find abhorrent.
  This Chamber and the President seem to have forgotten that for many, 
tax dollars are a deeply personal contribution to our government. They 
are the product of hard work and often represent dreams and 
opportunities delayed for yet another year as we give the taxman his 
due. To take those dollars so patriotically sent to Washington and 
apply them to abortion in our Nation's Capital and abroad is 
heartbreaking to many Tennesseans. His administration's policy is not 
open minded or open hearted. It is, I believe, a cavalier disregard not 
only for life but for those who defend it.

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