[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 8584-8585]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              DAWN JOHNSEN

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Madam Speaker, President Obama's appointment to head the 
Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel is truly from the far left 
radical fringe.
  Dawn Johnsen, a former attorney for one of the radical abortion 
groups, is a step back for a President who has claimed he would like to 
find common ground on the abortion issue. Ms. Johnsen's own quotes 
speak for her radical views. She has equated pregnancy to slavery when 
she said that laws restricting a woman's abortion choice ``are 
disturbingly suggestive of involuntary servitude.'' She has likened 
pregnant mothers to ``no more than fetal containers.'' She has likened 
pro-life advocates to ``terrorists,'' calling them ``remarkably similar 
to the Ku Klux Klan.''
  Her appointment is a slap in the face to all fair-minded persons, not 
just pro-life Americans. The President should withdraw her nomination 
or else the Senate should reject it.

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