[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 589]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           STAND UP FOR LIFE

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, this weekend, I was 
grateful to participate in the Stand Up for Life March and Rally in 
Columbia, hosted by the South Carolina Citizens for Life during a rare 
snowstorm.
  I appreciated hearing remarks from Evangelist Alveda King, niece of 
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a dedicated pro-life activist. I was also 
grateful to attend the grand opening of Daybreak, a crisis pregnancy 
center, hosted by Director Brennan Aschleman.
  I thank Lisa Van Riper, president of South Carolina Citizens for 
Life, with Holly Gatling and Brenda Cerkez for organizing such a 
meaningful event. I was grateful to participate, as well, with Bishop 
Robert Guglielmone of Charleston and the Knights of Columbus led by 
Thomas Monahan.
  Pro-life voters have made a difference with all statewide officials, 
both U.S. Senators and six U.S. Members of Congress supporting pro-life 
initiatives, along with super majorities in the State house and senate. 
I was grateful to begin this new Congress by being an original 
cosponsor of H. Res. 354 to provide for a moratorium on Federal funding 
to Planned Parenthood, which has disgracefully sold baby body parts.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and may the President, by his 
actions, never forget September the 11th in the global war on 
terrorism.

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