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Today, Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) applauded passage of HR 7, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act. Congresswoman Foxx delivered the following remarks on the floor of the House as the bill was being considered:

“Before liberty, equality, free speech, freedom of conscience, the pursuit of happiness and justice for all, there has to be life. And yet, for millions of aborted infants – many pain-capable and many discriminated against because of gender or disability – life is exactly what they have been denied. One day, we hope it will be different. We hope life will cease to be valued on a sliding scale. We hope the era of elective abortions, ushered in by an unelected court, will be closed and collectively deemed one of the darkest chapters in American history.  But until that day, it remains a solemn duty to stand up for life. HR 7 is a common-sense measure which restores an important, longstanding, bipartisan agreement protecting the unborn and preventing taxpayers from being forced to finance thousands of elective abortions.  It reflects the will of the American people and is the prduct of what has historically been a bipartisan, bicameral consensus in Congress.”

 HR 7 passed the House today on a bipartisan 227-188 vote.