[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 1628]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             RIGHT TO LIFE

  (Mr. GARRETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GARRETT. Mr. Speaker, today, as we remember a somber moment in 
our Nation's history, we must also remember what values our Nation was 
founded on and remember we must always protect those values.
  Our Declaration of Independence promises ``life, liberty, and the 
pursuit of happiness,'' and as the chairman of the Constitution Caucus, 
I pledge to fight for the liberties recognized by our Founding Fathers.
  For 41 years, since Roe v. Wade, more than 56 million unborn children 
have been denied the undeniable and inalienable rights we hold so dear. 
Pro-abortion advocates may want Americans to believe abortion is an 
ordinary medical procedure, but ending a human life is never ordinary, 
and denying the most basic of rights--the right to life--to unborn 
children is not, and never will be, normal. Discrimination against a 
person based upon their age, their size or development should never be 
acceptable.
  I join my colleagues tonight to speak out for the value of human life 
because we must speak for those who cannot speak for themselves. We 
must continue to fight to protect the most fundamental right: the right 
to life.

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