[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 699]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             MARCH FOR LIFE

  (Mr. POMPEO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. POMPEO. Madam Speaker, I serve on the House Intelligence 
Committee, where I spend time trying to figure out how to keep America 
safe, and on the Energy and Commerce Committee, where I think about how 
to keep America free.
  But today, I want to talk about how American law and our Constitution 
treats the least amongst us--the unborn.
  Ultimately, our Nation will be judged not by how we treat the most 
powerful, but by the most powerless. The 41st anniversary of Roe v. 
Wade will be marked next week. There will be a big march here in 
Washington, D.C. Since 1973, when Roe v. Wade came down, over 400,000 
Kansans have been killed. That is more than the largest city in my 
district, my hometown--Wichita, Kansas.
  This national tragedy is why next week thousands of people will come 
from Kansas, hundreds from south central Kansas alone, for the March 
for Life. They will come from all walks of life, and they will speak 
about this violence that is being done upon our Nation.
  Hundreds of people will get on buses next Saturday. I hope to greet 
them there. After the walk, I hope they will come to Cannon House 
Office Building, where we can talk about the importance of this issue 
to our community and Kansas and to our Nation.
  I look forward to seeing them. I encourage everyone to come to 
Washington, D.C., and act on behalf of those who cannot speak for 
themselves.

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