H3552 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 18, 2007 As a lame duck President and as (Ms. SOLIS addressed the House. Her as it is big enough.’’ And, Mr. Speaker, slave to his own failed foreign policy, remarks will appear hereafter in the at this very moment, this cataclysmic Congress must ensure that the Presi- Extensions of Remarks.) heartbreak continues. dent cannot unilaterally strike Iran in f Arthur Cohen, who is perhaps the the remaining months of his failed world’s leading scholar on the Euro- THE SCOURGE OF ABORTION IN presidency. Congress must pass legisla- pean Holocaust, used a Latin term to AMERICA tion that preserves the checks and bal- describe abortion in America. He called ances to guarantee that the President The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under it ‘‘mysterium tremendum,’’ which must listen to someone other than the the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- means an utter mystery to the rational Vice President. uary 18, 2007, the gentleman from Ari- human mind, a mystery that carries zona (Mr. FRANKS) is recognized for 60 with it not only the aspect of vastness, b 2015 minutes as the designee of the minor- but the resonance of complete terror, America cannot afford to remain on a ity leader. something so unutterably diabolical as hair trigger until a new President Mr. FRANKS of Arizona. Mr. Speak- to be literally unknowable to us. takes the oath of office in January er, today was a very important day. Mr. Speaker, following the invasion 2009, but that is exactly what will hap- Today, the United States Supreme of Germany into Poland in 1939, a Jew- pen unless Congress steps up to ensure Court handed down a decision uphold- ish man named Yitzhak Katzenelson that the President stands down on a ing the Federal law protecting unborn was trapped by the Nazis in the Warsaw military strike against Iran. We must children from partial-birth abortion. ghetto. He was later transported to the take away his blank check. Mr. Speaker, perhaps it is important Auschwitz concentration camp, where for those of us in this Chamber to first f he and his son were brutally murdered. remind ourselves again of why we were Before his death, he buried under a The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a really all put here. Thomas Jefferson previous order of the House, the gen- tree a song that encapsulated the en- said, ‘‘The care of human life and its tire Nazi regime in one verse. He stated tleman from Texas (Mr. POE) is recog- happiness and not its destruction is the that, ‘‘The first to perish were the chil- nized for 5 minutes. chief and only object of good govern- (Mr. POE addressed the House. His dren. From these a new dawn might ment.’’ have arisen.’’ What a profound lesson remarks will appear hereafter in the Mr. Speaker, protecting the lives of for the rest of the world to hearken Extensions of Remarks.) our innocent citizens and their con- unto. A new dawn might have arisen stitutional rights is indeed why we are f from those children that perished in all here. The phrase in the 14th amend- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a the Holocaust. ment capsulizes our entire Constitu- previous order of the House, the gen- No matter the rhetoric, Mr. Speaker, tion. It says, ‘‘No State shall deprive tleman from New Jersey (Mr. PALLONE) we must not ever be so blind to the fact any person of life, liberty or property is recognized for 5 minutes. that each time an abortion takes place, without due process of law.’’ The bed- (Mr. PALLONE addressed the House. a nameless little baby dies a lonely rock foundation of this Republic is the His remarks will appear hereafter in death; a mother is never quite the belief that all human beings are cre- the Extensions of Remarks.) same, whether she realizes it or not; ated equal and endowed by their Cre- f ator with the inalienable rights of life, and all of the gifts that that child The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a liberty and the pursuit of happiness. might have brought to humanity are previous order of the House, the gen- Every conflict and battle our Nation lost forever. tleman from Texas (Mr. PAUL) is recog- has ever faced can be traced to this It is often said, Mr. Speaker, that a nized for 5 minutes. core foundational belief on our part society is measured by how it treats (Mr. PAUL addressed the House. His that every life, from the smallest child those in the dawn of life, those in the remarks will appear hereafter in the to the elderly widow, from the strong- shadows of life, and those in the twi- Extensions of Remarks.) est and bravest soldiers on our front light of life. Because unborn children are hidden both in the dawn and in the f lines, to the weakest and most frail in our society, every human soul is of in- shadows of life, we kill thousands of The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a them every day in America, using previous order of the House, the gentle- finite worth and entitled by God to pursue liberty, prosperity and happi- sometimes methods like partial-birth woman from New York (Mrs. MCCAR- ness. abortion that cause so much agonizing THY) is recognized for 5 minutes. But, Mr. Speaker, for 34 years, Roe v. pain that the child that is being killed, (Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York ad- Wade has been a desecration of that if they were an animal, it would be ille- dressed the House. Her remarks will bedrock foundation upon which Amer- gal under Federal law to do it the way appear hereafter in the Extensions of ica stands, and Roe v. Wade sets itself we do it. Remarks.) apart from all of the other egregious If we, as a human family in America, f decisions made by our courts in that cannot find enough humanity within The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a its result is 45 million dead American ourselves to change that, if this human previous order of the House, the gen- children. rights atrocity of dismembering our tleman from Indiana (Mr. BURTON) is Mr. Speaker, that is 15,000 times the own children alive is truly who we are, recognized for 5 minutes. number of lives that were lost to ter- then the ‘‘invincible ignorance’’ Henry (Mr. BURTON of Indiana addressed rorism on September 11; and the land Hyde spoke of in this Chamber so long the House. His remarks will appear of the free and the home of the brave ago will indeed finally prevail, the pa- hereafter in the Extensions of Re- now stands awash in the blood of 45 triots’ dream will be lost, and those marks.) million of its own children. And it will lying out in Arlington National Ceme- tery will have died in vain and twilight f never cease to totally astound me how we, as Americans, fail to grasp the will have fallen upon us all. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a Mr. Speaker, that day may come in previous order of the House, the gen- enormous and terrifying threat to our Nation’s survival economically, mili- America indeed. But, sir, that day has tleman from Oregon (Mr. DEFAZIO) is not come yet. It is not this day, be- recognized for 5 minutes. tarily, morally and spiritually that this tragedy represents. cause today, Mr. Speaker, the world (Mr. DEFAZIO addressed the House. We have made it illegal to throw changed. Today the United States Su- His remarks will appear hereafter in away polystyrene diapers, while it re- preme Court upheld a law protecting the Extensions of Remarks.) mains for the last 34 years legal to unborn children from the barbaric, f throw away babies. How can we be so nightmarish procedure of partial-birth The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a blind to such a cataclysmic, soul- abortion. And with this ruling comes a previous order of the House, the gentle- crushing tragedy? brilliant, piercing ray of hope, because woman from California (Ms. SOLIS) is G.K. Chesterton said once that ‘‘Men even though this ruling only upholds a recognized for 5 minutes. can always be blind to a thing as long law that protects a small number of

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I want to thank him for the truth that abortion takes the life of a ture of the year, or perhaps the picture passion and clarity that he brings to child, and the United States of Amer- of the decade. But it won’t be because this body. And, again, my own voice is ica is bigger than abortion on demand. unless you obtained a copy through the so meager compared to his, Mr. Speak- We are beginning to look within our- Internet or the paper it was published er, but I do want to come tonight and selves and we are beginning to under- in, you probably never saw it. Some- really celebrate a great victory for life stand that the foundation of this Na- how the media missed it. in America. tion is within our own hearts. The picture is that of a 21-week un- I want to thank my other colleagues Our Nation is beginning to under- born child by the name of Samuel Alex- with the Republican Study Committee stand that whether it is flying air- ander Armas who is being operated on who have come here tonight to partici- planes into buildings or blowing up by a surgeon by the name of Dr. Joseph pate in this 1-hour Special Order, Mr. buildings in Oklahoma City, or wheth- Bruner. The baby was diagnosed with Speaker. And for those who may be er it is raping and pillaging in Bosnia, spina bifida and would not have sur- viewing the proceedings, Mr. Speaker, or whether it is violence in our streets vived if removed from his mother’s as we all know here, the Republican or kidnapping little girls in broad day- womb. But little Samuel’s mother, Study Committee is the conservative light or murdering innocent unborn Julie Armas, is an obstetrics nurse in caucus in the House of Representa- children, all of these have one inescap- Atlanta. She knew of Dr. Bruner’s re- tives, over 100 strong, promoting the able common denominator, and that is markable surgical skills. Practicing at values of faith and family and free en- the lack of respect for innocent human Vanderbilt University Medical Center terprise and freedom that we consider life. in Nashville, he performs these special to be the cornerstones of this great ex- Americans are beginning to under- operations while the baby is still in the periment in democracy and liberty stand and realize that the reason crime womb. that we call America. is so rampant in this country is be- During the procedure, the doctor re- And, Mr. Speaker, we always invite cause we have taught our young people moves the uterus via C-section and he the American people to dialogue with makes a small incision to operate on us at the Republican Study Committee that it is all right to kill helpless un- the child. As Dr. Bruner completed the and our Web site at www.house.gov/ born children. Should we then wonder surgery on Samuel Armas, this amaz- Hensarling/rsc. why they kill each other on the school ing little baby reached out with his I really didn’t know I would be com- playground? ing here tonight, and so I have no pre- Americans are beginning to under- tiny but fully developed hand through the incision and firmly grasped the sur- pared text whatsoever. It has been an stand that the same mentality that al- geon’s finger. Dr. Bruner was reported emotional roller coaster of a week. I lows a father to forsake his unborn as saying that when this little baby had a tele-town-hall meeting and got child to an abortionist also allows him grasped his finger, that it was the most to speak to literally thousands of peo- to forsake his born children to the wel- emotional moment of his life, and that ple from the Fifth Congressional Dis- fare state. for an instant during the procedure, he trict last evening. It started off talking Americans are beginning to under- was completely frozen, totally immo- about the tragedy at Virginia Tech, stand that the abortion mentality is bile. and I approached that discussion with destroying families all over this coun- The photograph captures this amaz- my constituents not as a Member of try, and that if this epidemic of family ing event with perfect clarity. The edi- Congress, but as a father. disintegration continues, that we in tors titled the picture ‘‘Hand of Hope.’’ I am privileged to be the father of a this family will bankrupt this Nation They said this tiny little hand seemed 5-year-old daughter and a 3-year-old in trying to deal with the results. to emerge to grasp the finger of Dr. Jo- son. And I can only imagine the pain Americans are also trying to under- seph Bruner as if thanking him for the that the families must be going stand that there are better ways to gift of life that he was receiving. Little through. And as I see all the reports on help young mothers than killing their Samuel’s mother said they wept for television of the promising lives that children for them. days when they saw the picture. She have been snuffed out in this evil, cruel And Americans are beginning to un- said, ‘‘The photo reminds us that preg- act, I know that now is a time for com- derstand that if we, as a society, do not nancy isn’t about a disability or an ill- forting those who lost loved ones, it is find or possess the courage and the will ness; it’s about a little person.’’ The a time to pray, it is a time to learn. to protect innocent unborn children, operation was 100 percent successful But as the Nation reflects on those that, in the final analysis, we may and Samuel was born in perfect health. 30-some-odd lives that are lost, maybe never find the will or the courage or Mr. Speaker, Winston Churchill said today is the day to reflect upon the the commitment to protect any kind of once that Americans always do the millions of lives that are lost in Amer- liberty for anyone of any kind. right thing after they have exhausted ica through abortion. And I am not Mr. Speaker, the pro-life movement every other possibility. And today, for naive; I know this is one of the most often compares the Roe v. Wade deci- the first time since the evil disgrace of contentious issues debated in our soci- sion with the Dred Scott decision that Roe v. Wade, we have restored the legal ety. But what right is more funda- upheld slavery in this Nation. I would protection of a very small number of mental than the right to life? remind each one of us that enslaving those little children who are already I wish I knew how to talk to those fellow human beings was once a prac- partially born and only moments away who somehow didn’t see life the way tice that was perpetuated throughout from taking their first breath. It beg- that we do or value life the way that the world for thousands of years. But gars human imagination that such we do. In my heart, in my head, I can when slavery came to America it fi- basic compassion and humanity was come to no other conclusion but that nally stopped. We had a conscience on ever debatable in the first place. life begins at conception, that life is a that day that changed the world. But now, today, the tiny hand of gift of our Creator, who endows us with Mr. Speaker, that part of our history hope reaches out a little closer to us this inalienable right to life. I don’t should give us great hope, because even than it ever has in the past and only understand how my countrymen come though we face challenges today, when asks for mercy, and I hope and pray to other conclusions. I don’t hate we look back on how America has that all of us will hear that little voice them, I don’t disparage them, I don’t somehow come through each one of in our own hearts. yell at them, but I don’t understand them, I believe that by the grace of Mr. Speaker, I now yield to the gen- how they can come to different conclu- God, America will one day lead all na- tleman from Texas (Mr. HENSARLING). sions. It is something that I take as a

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Thank you, Congressman right are jettisoned from our Federal have and see their tiny little baby just FRANKS. law. weeks old with their head and their First of all, I would like to start off Mr. Speaker, 9 years ago, in the arms and their fingers and their feet by saying how proud I am to be a new Idaho legislature we passed a ban on sometimes moving around in their member of the Republican Study Com- partial-birth abortion. Because of ac- mother’s tummy. How can you con- mittee and to be a part of that group tivism in our courts, that bill was al- clude anything else but that this is that is about the business of changing most immediately enjoined. It didn’t human life? I don’t understand that. the way that Congress does its busi- protect a single unborn child in the And so I really come here to cele- ness, the way that the law will affect State of Idaho. I remember in my de- brate a great victory in the Supreme the people of this country. I think that bate on that bill I questioned what Court today that affirms what was al- we are set to do good work in that could be going through the mind of a ready said by an overwhelming vote in group of 100-plus people, and I am very doctor who partially delivers that the United States Congress, that this proud to be a part of that group. baby, feels that life moving in his terribly abhorrent act known as par- Mr. Speaker, tonight is a night of hands and feels that little baby jerk as tial-birth abortion, that Congress has celebration. The Supreme Court has he takes his life. the right to outlaw that. And, Mr. this day extended legal protection, a Mr. Speaker, I question what must be Speaker, we could go into all the grue- modicum of legal protection, to thou- going through his mind. And I say, if some details about how this child is sands of preborn babies. we cannot end this barbaric practice, just seconds away from getting their Many of my colleagues have given God help us, God help this country. first breath of life and how, instead, moving speeches about this victory for And today, Mr. Speaker, that prayer the instrument of death is plunged into the little ones, and I am so pleased to was answered, that request for God’s them. I don’t think we need to go into add my voice to theirs. From my es- help was answered today. that graphic detail. teemed former colleague, Henry Hyde, I close with this: Some of our friends But regardless of how you feel on the to the tireless gentleman from New across the aisle make a great effort of pro-life debate or the pro-abortion de- Jersey, CHRIS SMITH, and countless obfuscating the true issue of what we bate, how anybody could conclude that thousands of Americans whose names are dealing with by calling preborn a child that is just moments away from will never really be known, to Presi- children fetuses. That is fine with me, taking their first breath should have dent George W. Bush, people of con- as long as we all understand that the that life snuffed out in the land of the science and conviction have worked for term ‘‘fetus’’ is simply Latin for ‘‘the free is beyond me. years to end one of the most gruesome And so I am happy to come here with young yet in the womb.’’ practices imaginable; and today, the Mr. Speaker, today was a great day my other colleagues from the Repub- Nation’s highest court has vindicated lican Study Committee. And again, I for every fetus, for every young boy the law this House passed repeatedly and girl still in the womb. May God be come here with great trepidation. Any- and that the President finally signed time I go to the floor with my dear col- praised and may He be pleased so that into law in 2003. league from Arizona, I serve with many His blessing is poured out upon our Mr. Speaker, if we, as a culture, can- land. great individuals in this body, Mr. not defend the right to life, all of our Speaker, but I cannot think of one who Mr. FRANKS of Arizona. I thank the other rights really become meaning- gentleman very much. And now I am has a purer heart than the gentleman less. So today’s Supreme Court ruling from Arizona. And so again, my own very pleased to be able to recognize the is a great victory not just for preborn voice is quite meager to his. gentleman, GRESHAM BARRETT from children, but just as importantly, for But as I think about my own 5-year- South Carolina. old daughter, Claire, and my own 3- our culture. Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina. I For 16 years in the Idaho legislature, year-old son, Travis, and I remember thank the gentleman for yielding. I worked on protecting the most vul- getting the telephone call from my I tell you, I had a wonderful speech nerable among us, the unborn. That wife to let me know that they were prepared tonight, Mr. Speaker. It had a the highest court in our country would there, that life existed in her that we lot of facts and figures and a lot of created, and to think that somehow in today extend this minimal protection things that a lot of people may not this land of the free, where our Creator to thousands of little ones, infants al- know, but I just want to comment and has given us this gift of life, that those most ready to be delivered, is very sat- share tonight. precious lives could have ever, ever isfying. With a great majority of Ida- I will tell you, I was talking to JEB come to an end in this gruesome proce- hoans and of American people in gen- HENSARLING earlier, who spoke a little dure known as partial-birth abortion is eral, I am gratified by this affirmation bit earlier, Mr. Speaker, a dear friend just so abhorrent, my mind can’t even of our most basic right, the right to of mine, and we were talking about go there. life. And yet I would temper my joy what a smile we had on our faces And so I celebrate tonight with mil- with a note of sadness. today. We have outlawed a single barbaric lions across America. And I certainly b 2045 celebrate with all the members of the practice, but other types of abortions, conservative caucus in Congress, the an estimated 1.3 million per year, con- A celebration of life. Something that Republican Study Committee, that as tinue with full protection of the law. we have been waiting for, for a long many setbacks as we have in America, The fact that these abortions are per- time, and I am just ecstatic. I look to as we read about great tragedies, today formed through less startling, cruel my left over here and see the col- something great happened in America, and brutal procedures than partial- leagues that are going to be speaking, and the right to life was affirmed. birth methods makes them no more and every one of them has got a smile Mr. FRANKS of Arizona. I thank the morally acceptable. The impact is un- on their face, and it is just exciting. It gentleman very much. deniable. Forty-five million Americans is a tremendous day; it is a tremendous You know, Mr. Speaker, sometimes are dead from abortion. That is a full moment for our country. the reason that we elect to the chair- one-third of a whole generation, and we And I come here tonight for three manship of the RSC someone like JEB are well into one-third of now another reasons, three simple reasons: The first HENSARLING is because we can easily generation, all lost to abortion. one is Madison Finley Barrett, my old- see from the inside and out what people The challenge to end unrestricted ac- est daughter. The second one is James in America can see on the outside, that cess to abortion on demand will not Edward Barrett; we call him Jeb, Cow- JEB HENSARLING is a man of great hu- end until every life, however small, is boy, my middle son. And the third is mility, with great competence and just protected, until every person at what- Charles Ross Barrett, my baby. I think a quiet sincerity that gives us all tre- ever stage of life gains the protection about them every day. I think about mendous confidence in him. of the law, until the Constitution of watching my wife give birth. I think

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They children and my family, and I celebrate If there is one thing we should take want to influence legislation. They for them today. I celebrate for all the away from this 5–4 decision, it is this, want to be a part of this process where families across this Nation and the that when human life is threatened by the laws and the taxpayer dollars are lives that we will save. I think about such a gruesome procedure as partial spent. And they want to do all those their first steps. I think about their birth abortion, all true sons and daugh- things because they have a financial first falls. I think about the first time ters of liberty, all true patriots, all interest at stake. But the people who they drove a car. I think about the ex- true people who respect those rights articulate that life is sacred, the peo- citement and the joy I feel and the sat- that have been passed on to us by our ple who advocate for protecting the isfaction that I have because they are Forefathers will take a stand for that sanctity of human life, they have noth- so precious. And out there tonight, Mr. precious, precious idea that God gives ing to gain financially by talking to us. Speaker, there are Madisons and Cow- us life. And it is my sincere hope at They have nothing to gain financially boys and Pally Pals that are being this time that we can continue to build by being involved in this movement. born. Each one of them special, each on this important victory and to create They simply do it because it is the one of them a gift from God, each one a new culture of life in our land. right thing to do. They understand life of them with the ability to change the There was a time years ago, many is precious; life is sacred. They under- world. years ago, when America was just a stand. That is why they work in our It is a first step. It is a great step. I dark forest almost on the horizon, crisis pregnancy centers. That is why am just proud to be here to celebrate, when a young man in 1630 was aboard they help unwed mothers, because they to celebrate life, to celebrate freedom, the Lion. He became, as we know Win- understand how precious life is. And to celebrate this wonderful thing. What throp, Winthrop, the Governor of Bos- they understand, and others have a great country. What a great life. ton, known as the George Washington talked about this. They understand What a tremendous success. of the Puritans. And as he was coming what the Founders understood, that Mr. FRANKS of Arizona. I certainly along the coast of Maine in the Lion life is precious. And, as they said in the thank the gentleman. Sometimes, Mr. and the wind was blowing across the Declaration of Independence, that we Speaker, a person doesn’t know wheth- pine forests out to sea and he smelled hold these truths to be self-evident er it wouldn’t be better just to all go the smell of the pine and the balsam on that all men are created equal, en- home at this point, because this man the breeze and he put pen to paper and dowed by our Creator with certain in- has certainly touched my heart. And he started writing, ‘‘A Model of Chris- alienable rights, and among these are he reminds us all that every little baby tian Charity.’’ And in there, he held a life, liberty, and the pursuit of happi- comes with a message that God has not vision for America that America could ness. And I think it is interesting to yet despaired of mankind. And I thank be as a shining city on a hill, a light to note the order that the Founders the gentleman with all my heart. people all over the world. And today, placed the rights they chose to men- Mr. Speaker, I yield to Congressman Mr. Speaker, that vision of a shining tion, life, liberty, the pursuit of happi- TODD AKIN for such time as he may city seems just a little bit closer and a ness. Can you pursue happiness, can consume. little bit less dim and a little closer to you go after your goals and dreams if Mr. AKIN. I thank the gentleman. a reality that one day, one day that you first don’t have freedom and lib- Mr. Speaker, today the Supreme shining city on a hill, a vision of hope erty? And do you ever have true free- Court ruled in favor of the protection for all people of the world, a vision of dom and true liberty if government of life, and this ruling affirms a city where life, liberty and the pur- doesn’t protect your most fundamental Congress’s role in guarding and pro- suit of happiness are truly enshrined in right, your right to live? tecting that special gift of life. As Jus- every law and precept of this great Na- And that is what we celebrate today. tice Kennedy stated, Congress deter- tion; may that vision come to reality Again, it is a testimony to the hard mined that the abortion methods it even within our own days. Thank you. work of millions of pro-life people prescribed had a disturbing similarity God bless you all. across this country. So I want to com- to the killing of a newborn infant. Mr. FRANKS of Arizona. I thank the mend you and again say what a great In the past 30 years or so, our Nation gentleman. day for America. has seen an appalling rise in the dis- Mr. Speaker, Mr. AKIN has been com- Mr. FRANKS of Arizona. I thank the respect for the dignity of human life. mitted for his entire life to these kinds gentleman from Ohio. And I hope the And when a culture of life is not re- of causes, which brought him to this gentleman stays in public life and lead- spected, a culture of death rises to fill place. And so many of us are thankful ership for as long as he can stand up. the void. This culture of death has been for his example for the way he has Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman eating away at our Nation’s character, mentored so many of us in this place. from Georgia (Mr. GINGREY) for such at America’s soul. It seems that day Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman time as he may consume. after day we are inundated with new from Ohio (Mr. JORDAN) for such time Mr. GINGREY. Mr. Speaker, I thank stories of senseless acts of violence and as he may consume. the gentleman for yielding, and I thank death carried out on innocent victims. Mr. JORDAN of Ohio. I thank the him for putting together this special It would be easy to try to turn and gentleman for yielding. order hour this evening. look away; it would be easy to pretend Mr. Speaker, today the Supreme Mr. Speaker, I have been a Member of that that crisis does not exist, but it Court upheld the Partial-Birth Abor- this body now for 41⁄2 years, this being would not be right. Who is it who will tion Ban Act of 2003, which was passed my third term. And as I stand here to- defend the innocent that is led off to in the House, in the Senate, signed by night in front of my colleagues, I want slaughter? Who will stand for the right the President and became Public Law to say emphatically that this is my fin- to life in America? No. 108–105 in November of 2003. est hour as a Member of this great I am reminded of William Wilber- As others have stated this evening, body, this United States House of Rep- force, the recent movie about his life’s this is a victory for the health of resentatives that I have been a part of efforts to end the practice of slavery. women across this country. It is a vic- with 434 of my colleagues. The moving movie ‘‘Amazing Grace’’ tory for unborn children. It is a victory We have disappointments. We have demonstrates the value of this cause for life, and, as I have said, people have good days, we have bad days. But this and the tireless efforts that Wilber- indicated it is a victory for America. is a good day, and this is a good day. force went through year after year, I just want to take a minute to thank And this is a day that the Lord has constant criticism and rejection, until all the pro-life volunteers across this made. And that is why it is a good day.

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Back then, if a legal abortions that are performed, the Republican majority, my party, woman did not have an abortion at 12 mostly in the first trimester. losing that opportunity possibly as a to 14 weeks of pregnancy, the first tri- Mr. Speaker, it is unbelievable when wake-up call. But I want to thank God mester, and in fact, 90 percent of the I read quotes, and this happens to be a this evening for Justice Kennedy and million annual abortions that are per- quote from a member of the other body Justice Scalia, Justice Thomas, Jus- formed in this country are done in the and certainly I would not name names tice Alito and Chief Justice Roberts. first trimester by a fairly simple proce- here tonight but this is a quote: As a It has taken a long time, Mr. Speak- dure called a D&C, but if the pregnancy result of today’s ruling, the health of er. Back in 1992, when this abhorrent went beyond and it got to the second women who have dangerous preg- procedure was first described, and then trimester and approaching the third nancies is now in deep jeopardy. finally I think it was in early 1995 trimester, and we are talking now Women who are in need of this banned maybe when the Member of this body about a 22, 24-week pregnancy when a procedure will be denied it, even if they from Florida, Representative KENNEDY, baby weighs two-and-a-half pounds, the risk losing their fertility, becoming first introduced this bill to ban this way the abortion procedure was done paralyzed or sustaining organ damage. procedure. And that bill to ban this then back in 1975, and this was per- Mr. Speaker, the risk of any of the abortion procedure, not to ban abor- fectly legal under Roe v. Wade, all it those things is greater, much greater if tion, but to ban this type of abortion, required is a licensed physician per- they have this procedure done. Our ju- which really is not an abortion; it is formed the procedure in a licensed diciary committee in this House and in literally infanticide. It is killing of an medical facility with the consent of the other body have had multiple hear- infant. And it passed this body, and it two other physicians. ings from physicians across this coun- passed this other body, only to be ve- This is the way the procedure was try that say this procedure does not toed twice by the then President of the done. A strong salt, we say saline in need to be done to protect the health of United States. the medical parlance, but a salt solu- the mother, unless you call the health Mr. Speaker and my colleagues, tion was injected into the mother’s of the mother anxiety over not wanting today I thank God for Representative womb through the abdomen, and that that baby. There is still an exception STEVE CHABOT from Ohio, who brought salt solution, most of the time, killed that this abhorrent procedure could be this bill once again to this body in 2003, the baby, killed this baby at 24, 26 done to protect the life of the mother. my first year, my freshman year. And I weeks, maybe even 3 pounds, certainly Mr. Speaker, I did not mean to take was so proud to vote for Representative capable of not only a live birth but a quite this much time, and I know my CHABOT’s bill. And I thank God for great life without disability. But as colleague needs time to conclude, and I former Senator Rick Santorum from long as the baby was killed, and then thank God for him, too. I thank God the great State of Pennsylvania. Wher- the mother was put into labor and de- for each and every Member that has ever he is tonight, I want to say, Rick, livered a dead baby, that was perfectly spoken here tonight, and I will remem- you lost your race, but you didn’t lose legal. ber them for the rest of my life. I will the battle. And we thank God for your Unfortunately for this doctor back in remember each one of these Members efforts then, because it has come to 1975, he injected the saline and it did who have spoken and applauded and, fruition now. not kill the baby. So the next day he yes, smiled on this great day because Mr. Speaker, I want to maybe make injected saline again, and it still did to me and to them this transcends any sure that my colleagues remember as not kill the baby. So he took the moth- other disappointments and frustrations they listen to my remarks tonight that er to the operating room and performed and aggravations that we may have I spent 26 years practicing obstetrics an operation that he called a had on both sides of the aisle in maybe and gynecology. And in that great spe- hysterotomy, that is, an opening of the not getting our way on a particular cialty, which I am so proud to be a part uterus which really is an early, very piece of legislation here and there. of that group, the American College of early cesarean section. But instead of Nothing is more important than this. Obstetricians and Gynecologists, I had delivering that live baby, he reached I want to say as I conclude, I want to an opportunity to deliver 5,200 babies his hand inside the incision and say to my 9-year old identical, twin by my estimate over a 26-year period of grabbed the umbilical cord and held it granddaughters, Allie and Hannah, who time. They weren’t all perfect. Some until that baby’s heart stopped beat- were born at 26 weeks, each weighing 1 were born with birth defects. Some had ing. pound 12 ounces, thank God for your spina bifida. And I have great friends in There just happened to be a nurse in mom and dad, my daughter and son-in- my hometown of Marietta, Georgia, in attendance in that operating room that law, Gannon and Hank Manning, that Cobb County, great, great parents like said this esteemed doctor killed that they did not make a decision that they Brad and Kim Barfield, who have a baby, and there was a court decision, a did not want you, even though you beautiful little girl today who is suf- lot of brouhaha, and in the final anal- were so fragile. God reached down and fering from spina bifida. They knew at ysis, the doctor was acquitted. lifted you up and now you are the beau- 20 weeks that their little girl had that But from that day forward, that is tiful love of our lives, your grand- condition, but they didn’t elect to ter- when partial birth abortions, Mr. parents, Mommy and Grand Doc, and minate that pregnancy by a partial- Speaker, started because nobody want- so proud as you make progress now in birth abortion. And many others know ed to be in a situation, no doctor, of the second grade. ahead of time that they are going to trying to abort a baby and inadvert- I say to my grandson Hank and my have a child with Down’s Syndrome, ently, deliberately and knowing then brand new grandson Sabine, just 2 but they know that that is a gift from that they could not kill the baby be- weeks old, your brothers, and to my God that makes their lives better and cause it was outside the mother’s two other grandchildren, of Phyllis and the lives of their other children, the womb. Jerry Collins, little Grey, two-and-a- siblings. And I thank God for them. So they devised this procedure of par- half years old; and little Marion, 8 Mr. Speaker, I want my colleagues to tially delivering the baby. If the baby months old, Grand Doc is proud of you, understand how this procedure of par- is head first, put the patient into labor, and I know that you are proud of Grand tial-birth abortion came about, be- dilate the cervix, and when that head Doc. You are proud that he stood here cause I remember. I remember when I comes out, crush the skull, or if it is a tonight in defense of the sanctity of was a resident in this specialty at the breach presentation, dilate the cervix, life, and I know that God’s hand is in Medical College of Georgia back in put the patient in labor, and when the all of that. 1974, 1975, shortly after Roe v. Wade baby is delivered to the naval, then go I just say, as I conclude, I am blessed. was passed within a year. up inside and crush the skull and then We are all blessed. We are all blessed to

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Again, I just want to thank the gen- In the rise of the Nazi Holocaust, we f tleman from Arizona (Mr. FRANKS). I saw the German high tribunal say that am proud to be his classmate. I am the Jews were subhuman and not per- SPECIAL ORDERS GRANTED proud to be a colleague, and I thank sons under the German Constitution, By unanimous consent, permission to him for giving me the opportunity to and it precipitated a great tragedy. address the House, following the legis- talk to my colleagues tonight. Then in 1973 we saw the Supreme lative program and any special orders Mr. FRANKS of Arizona. Mr. Speak- Court take away the right to live of heretofore entered, was granted to: er, I thank my precious friend PHIL the unborn child. (The following Members (at the re- GINGREY from Georgia. It is a wonder- In all three cases, Mr. Speaker, not quest of Mr. SCOTT of Georgia) to revise ful thing to have a man here that has only was there a great human tragedy and extend their remarks and include the expertise of a doctor and an obste- that followed, but there was a greater extraneous material:) trician, to be able to speak to an issue one that followed as a result. The civil Mr. MCDERMOTT, for 5 minutes, like this, and yet one who has main- war took more lives than any war in today. tained his commitment always to being our history. The world war that Mr. PALLONE, for 5 minutes, today. a help to someone, that would always changed the Nazi Holocaust took 50 Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, for 5 protect human life rather than to ever million lives worldwide and it saw minutes, today. try to take it from someone. I just atomic bombs fall on cities across the Mr. DEFAZIO, for 5 minutes, today. think he is a credit to his profession world. Ms. SOLIS, for 5 minutes, today. and certainly a credit to this body. I have to say to you that I do not Mr. Speaker, I suppose that tonight I know where America will finally end f would just kind of recap here for a mo- up here. I do not know what the future b 2115 ment. A lot of people have mentioned holds, but I am so encouraged today ADJOURNMENT their family members, and I certainly that we have made a turn and that we love every one of mine, but I will bring have come to ourselves to some degree Mr. FRANKS of Arizona. Mr. Speak- to mind and to voice one special little and said, you know, there is a time er, I move that the House do now ad- boy by the name of Landon Trent when we can protect these little babies journ. Franks. Now, the fact that his name is in the womb, and I think if we come to The motion was agreed to; accord- the same as mine is strictly a coinci- that conclusion, that something even ingly (at 9 o’clock and 15 minutes dence, but I am thankful that his greater will happen. We will begin to p.m.), the House adjourned until to- daddy and his mother loved him understand that these little miracles of morrow, Thursday, April 19, 2007, at 10 enough to give him a chance at life, life in the womb are the beginning of a.m. and I think at some point, probably the us all and that there is a way that EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, time he is 21, he will be President of America can come up with a better so- ETC. the United States which is a great en- lution than abortion on demand, that Under clause 8 of rule XII, executive couragement to me as well. we are bigger than that as a people. communications were taken from the I understand that we are all proud of I am convinced that the day will our families, but whether a child come some day, Mr. Speaker, when the Speaker’s table and referred as follows: reaches the great heights in this life or warm sunlight of life will break 1117. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- whether they just have a chance to through the clouds and once again ment of Agriculture, transmitting the De- breathe in the breath of freedom and to partment’s report entitled, ‘‘Assessment of shine on the face of unborn children in the Cattle and Hog Industries’’ for Calendar be able to walk on the free soil of the America. When that day comes it will Year 2006, pursuant to Public Law 106-472; to United States of America or just to be people like PHIL GINGREY, it will be the Committee on Agriculture. have a chance to pursue this thing people like CHRIS SMITH, it will be peo- 1118. A letter from the Director, Pentagon called happiness in life, it is incumbent ple like BILL SALI, it will be people like Renovation and Construction Program Of- upon all of us to recognize that we are GRESHAM BARRETT, it will be people fice, Department of Defense, transmitting all mortal and that this gift of life is like JIM JORDAN, people like TODD the seventeenth annual report on the Pen- the profoundest kind of miracle and AKIN, people like JEB HENSARLING, peo- tagon Renovation and Construction Pro- gram, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2674; to the Com- that America itself was founded on the ple like STEVE CHABOT, people like mittee on Armed Services. basic premise that every life was im- George W. Bush the history will be 1119. A letter from the Acting Assistant portant, that it was a gift of God, and most aware of. They will remember Attorney General, Department of Justice, that each one of us should work to try that these were individuals that, transmitting the 2006 Annual Report regard- to protect life and liberty and the pur- through all the storm, held tightly to ing the Department’s enforcement activities suit of happiness for all of our fellow the hand of a little baby until the under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, human beings. storm was gone. pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 1691f; to the Committee The tragedy of Roe v. Wade when it Mr. Speaker, if I am wrong about on Financial Services. came along, it just kind of took us all that, if somehow America never finds 1120. A letter from the Chairman, Federal by surprise, because you see, this was its way back home on this issue, I am Financial Institutions Examination Council, transmitting the Council’s 2006 Annual Re- not something that the country voted still convinced of one thing more than port, pursuant to 12 U.S.C. 3305; to the Com- on. This was not something that the any other, and that is, that the Lord of mittee on Financial Services. United States people as a whole de- the universe hears the cries of abso- 1121. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- cided to bring about themselves. lutely every one of his children, no ment of Transportation, transmitting the This was something that erudite, and matter who or where they are. And if Department’s Fiscal Year 2006 annual report might I say, Mr. Speaker, very arro- time turns every star in heaven to as required by the Superfund Amendments gant and unjust members of the United ashes, I know in my soul that eternal and Reauthorization Act (SARA) of 1986, as States Supreme Court took upon them- moment of His deliverance will come amended, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 9620; to the selves to arrogate this thing, to take to each of them. And I hope that we do Committee on Energy and Commerce. away the constitutional rights of the 1122. A letter from the Electric Energy the part He has given us to that end. Market Competition Task Force, transmit- unborn child. It is the not the first f ting the Task Force’s report to Congress on time that things like that have hap- LEAVE OF ABSENCE competition in wholesale and retail markets pened. for electric energry, pursuant to Section 1815 Back in 1857, in the Dred Scott deci- By unanimous consent, leave of ab- of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; to the Com- sion, the Supreme Court said that the sence was granted to: mittee on Energy and Commerce.

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