[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 961]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     I AM DISAPPOINTED BUT HOPEFUL

  (Mr. HULTGREN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HULTGREN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today sad and disappointed.
  I am sad and disappointed that in a nation as great as this, lives of 
so many of our unborn children are ended through abortion.
  I am disappointed that we have not moved past this blot on our 
Nation's history and forward into respecting the dignity of all humans, 
born and unborn.
  I am disappointed that so many of my colleagues here continue to 
ignore the science that shows over and over the self-evident life in 
the womb.
  Even so, I am more hopeful than ever before there is good news to 
celebrate. Abortion numbers are down, as are teen pregnancies. States 
have passed record numbers of laws to protect women's health and the 
lives of the unborn.
  Today on The National Mall, I look forward to seeing the thousands of 
teenagers and young adults marching hand in hand to the Supreme Court. 
Their generation is our hope to bring about a culture of life.

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