 
IS RECOGNIZED FOR 60 MINUTES AS 
THE DESIGNEE OF THE MAJORITY  
LEADER. 
MR. KING: THANK YOU, MR.  
SPEAKER.
IT'S MY PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TO  
REPRESENT -- TO ADDRESS YOU HERE
ON THE FLOOR OF THE UNITED  
STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
I APPRECIATE THE HONOR AND THE  
PRIVILEGE TO DO THAT. 
I CAME TO THE FLOOR HERE TONIGHT
TO TALK TO YOU, MR. SPEAKER, AND
ADDRESS THE BODY ABOUT THE ISSUE
THAT IS SO IMPORTANT TO SO MANY 
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS AND THAT'S
THE ISSUE OF LIFE.
THE ISSUE OF PROTECTING 
INNOCENT, UNBORN HUMAN LIFE THAT
DOESN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO 
SPEAK OUT FOR ITSELF. 
DOESN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO 
SCREAM FOR ITS OWN MERCY. 
BUT DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO  
SQUIRM AND MOVE AND BELCH AND DO
ALL THE THINGS WE DO OUTSIDE THE
WOMB AND STILL -- AND CAN FEEL  
PAIN. 
A BEATING HEART.
A THIS ROBBING HEART OF A HEART 
BEAT, I -- A THROBBING HEART OF 
A HEART BEAT, I MENTIONED THAT  
HERE ON THE FLOOR A COUPLE WEEKS
AGO OF AN ULTRASOUND THAT WAS 
SENT TO ME. 
I WOULD TAKE PEOPLE THROUGH SOME
OF THE PRO-LIFE LEGISLATION 
THAT'S BEEN MOVED OR ATTEMPTED  
TO BE MOVED HERE IN THE UNITED  
STATES CONGRESS, MR. SPEAKER. 
I WOULD TAKE YOU BACK TO 1973 
AND ROE V. WADE AND DOE V.  
BOLTEN. 
THOSE TWO SUPREME COURT CASES,  
WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH
OTHER, ESSENTIALLY TRANSLATED 
INTO ABORTION ON DEMAND.
AND WE SAW ABORTIONS GO FROM WHO
KNOWS WHAT THE NUMBER WAS, NO,  
WE DO KNOW. 
ABOUT 35,000 ABORTIONS A YEAR IN
AMERICA, A NUMBER OF THAT I'D 
SAY, I THOUGHT WAS HORRIBLE 
THEN, TO SOMETHING LIKE 1.6 
MILLION ABORTIONS IN AMERICA. 
NOW RASH ETED DOWN, THE WEIGHT  
-- RATCHETED DOWN, THE WEIGHT OF
THE CONSCIENCE OF OUR SOCIETY,  
TO SOME NUMBER OF A MILLION OR  
MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN A  
MILLION.
MR. SPEAKER, WE DON'T GET TO  
COUNT THAT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 
1.6 MILLION, ROUGHLY THE PEAK,  
AND A LITTLE UNDER A MILLION, AS
600,000 BABIES SAVED EVERY YEAR.
INSTEAD IT GOES ON OUR  
CONSCIENCE THE OTHER WAY. 
AND THAT'S THE CUMULATIVE TOTAL 
OF 60 MILLION BABIES WHO HAVE 
BEEN SACRIFICED AT THE ALTAR OF 
THIS SUBJECT CALLED PRO-CHOICE, 
JUDICIAL ACTIVISM.
I REMIND YOU, MR. SPEAKER, THAT 
HUMAN LIFE IS PROTECTED IN OUR  
UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. 
IT'S PROTECTED UNDER THE 14TH 
AMENDMENT.
AND WE HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL  
RIGHT HERE IN CONGRESS TO 
PROTECT AND DEFEND LIFE.
IN FACT, I BELIEVE WE HAVE A  
DUTY TO PROTECT AND DEFEND LIFE.
AND SO I WOULD FIRST TAKE US TO 
THAT CASE OF ROE V. WADE AND DOE
V. BOLTEN.
THE TWO CASES TAKEN TOGETHER, 
JANUARY 22, 1973. 
AND WE'VE MARCHED EVERY YEAR  
SINCE THEN, INCLUDING JUST LAST 
MONTH, JANUARY 19.
BUT ESSENTIALLY THIS. 
ROE V. WADE WAS A CASE THAT WAS 
BUILT ON SEVERAL SUPREME COURT  
PRECEDENTS. 
BUT THE ONE THAT STRIKES ME THE 
MOST IS THE GRISWOLD V. 
CONNECTICUT CASE. 
THAT WAS BACK IN THE MID 1960'S 
SOMETIME. 
MAYBE 1964. 
WHERE CONNECTICUT HAD OUTLAWED  
CONTRACEPTIVES. 
THEY WERE A STRONG CATHOLIC 
STATE AT THE TIME.
SO THEY OUTLAWED CONTRACEPTIVES.
GRISWOLD WENT TO COURT AND SAID,
NO, WE'RE MARRIED, WE SHOULD BE 
ABLE TO BUY CONTRACEPTIVES AND  
THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT  
SHOULDN'T INTERFERE IN THAT.
SO THE SUPREME COURT  
MANUFACTURED THIS THING CALLED A
RIGHT TO PRIVACY. 
WHICH WAS THE PRIVACY WAS 
PROTECTED BY CONTRACEPTIVE  
ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE MARRIAGE. 
AND SO THAT CASE WENT IN, AS A  
PRECEDENT CASE, IT ESTABLISHED A
RIGHT TO PRIVACY. 
AND THEN THERE WAS A FOLLOW-UP  
CASE. 
THAT WOULD BE THE OTHER CASE. 
IT SAID, IT DOESN'T MATTER  
WHETHER YOU'RE MARRIED, YOU 
SHOULD BE ABLE TO BUY 
CONTRACEPTIVES, IF YOU'RE 
CO-HABITING, RATHER THAN BEING  
JOINED TOGETHER IN HOLY MATRY 
MOAN. 
AND THE SUPREME COURT -- MATRY  
MOANY.
AND THE SUPREME COURT --  
MATRIMONY.
AND THE SUPREME COURT FOUND IN  
THEIR FAVOR IN THAT CAFMENTSE 
THEN HERE COMES ROE -- CASE.
AND THEN HERE COMES ROE V. WADE.
THERE'S A RIGHT TO PRIVACY, SO I
GUESS IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO 
INTERFERE WITH REPRODUCTIVE 
CHOICES OF MARRIED COUPLES OR 
NONMARRIED COUPLES, THEN WE'RE  
NOT GOING TO INTERFERE WITH WHAT
WEATHER THEY WANT TO TERMINATE  
-- WITH WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT
TO TERMINATE THE LIFE OF THAT 
INNOCENT LITTLE MIRACULOUS, 
BEAUTIFUL BABY. 
SO THEY CAME DOWN WITH IT, THE  
DECISION THAT A RIGHT TO PRIVACY
WAS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE 
RIGHT TO LIFE.
AND ON THIS FLOOR, MR. SPEAKER, 
I BROUGHT THIS ISSUE UP 
NUMETRIMES. 
TO REMIND THE BODY THAT OUR 
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AR  
TICK -- NUMEROUS TIMES. 
TO REMIND THE BODY THAT OUR 
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SAYS
THERE'S A RIGHT TO LIFE, LIBERTY
AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. 
THOSE ARE PRIORITIZED RIGHTS. 
THE PRIORITY IS THIS. 
LIFE IS PARAMOUNT.
IT CAN'T BE -- IT CAN'T BE  
SUBORDINATE TO ANYBODY'S  
LIBERTY.
AND SOMEBODY'S PURSUIT OF 
HAPPINESS CAN'T TRAMPLE ON  
ANYONE'S LIBERTY OR THEIR LIFE. 
AND YET THE COURT DECIDED THIS  
RIGHT TO PRIVACY THIS LIBERTY,  
THIS RIGHT TO PRIVACY THAT WAS  
MANUFACTURED IN GRISWOLD V. 
CONNECTICUT ROUGHLY A DECADE OR 
SO EARLIER, WAS MORE IMPORTANT  
THAN THE RIGHT OF THE LIFE OF 
THE INNOCENT UNBORN.
AND THEN THEY GOT INTO THE  
CONCEPT OF VIABILITY. 
BUT DOE V. BOLTEN IS THE ONE  
THAT GAVE THE BROAD LICENSE.
THE VIABILITY PIECE IS, WELL, 
CAN A BABY SURVIVE AT THE END OF
THE FIRST TRIMEFTER?
NO. 
THE END OF THE SECOND TRIMEFTER?
PROBABLY NOT -- TRIMESTER?
PROBABLY NOT. 
BUT INTO THE THIRD TRIMESTER, 
THAT BECAME MORE LEAKLY.
BUT YET EVEN THAT DIDN'T PROTECT
-- LIKELY.
BUT YET EVEN THAT DIDN'T PROTECT
THAT INNOCENT UNBORN BABY.
BECAUSE DOE V. BOLTEN PULL THE  
THESE EXCEPTIONS IN THERE FOR 
THE HEALTH OF THE MOTHER. 
AND THAT WAS DEFINED AND  
INCLUDED. 
THE PHYSICAL HEALTH, THE  
EMOTIONAL HEALTH. 
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH, THE 
FAMILIAR AL HEALTH AND  
AGE-RELATED -- FAMILIAR AL  
HEALTH AND AGE--- FAMILIAL  
HEALTH AND AGE-RELATED FACTORS. 
EMOTIONAL HEALTH IS MENTAL  
STABILITY.
IT'S AFFECTED BY CASH FLOW. 
WHAT IT AMOUNTS TO IS THAT THIS 
LONG LIST CARRIED WITHIN IT SOME
PLACE THERE THAT ANYBODY CAN  
LOOK AT IT AND SAY, WELL, THAT'S
A LICENSE TO ABORT A BABY UNDER 
ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, ANY TIME,  
PROVIDED THAT THE MOTHER JUST 
SIMPLY IS WILLING TO -- IF SHE  
WANS THE -- WANTS THE ABORTION. 
AND WE'VE JUST -- A LITTLE OVER 
A YEAR AGO, SAW A PRESIDENT 
LEAVE OFFICE THAT STOOD ON THE  
FLOOR OF THE ILLINOIS STATE 
SENATE AND MULTIPLE TIMES TOOK  
THE POSITION THAT IF A WOMAN  
GOES TO AN ABORTIONIST AND WANTS
AN ABORTION, IF THE BABY  
SURVIVES THE ABORTION, SHE STILL
HAS A RIGHT TO A DEAD BABY. 
AND BY THE WAY, ALL THE PEOPLE  
SPEAKING OVER HERE A LITTLE BIT 
AGO ALL VOTED AGAINST THE BILL  
THAT PROTECTED A BABY WHO WAS 
BORN ALIVE AND SURVIVES AN  
ABORTION. 
AND IT'S ABHORRENT TO ME TO 
THINK THAT YOU WOULD ABORT A  
BABY, BUT THE SECOND THING IS 
THAT IF THAT BABY SURVIVES THE  
ABORTION, TO GO FORWARD AND KILL
THAT BABY ANYWAY. 
OR PUT THAT BABY OFF IN A COLD  
ROOM UNTIL THAT BABY FREEZES TO 
DEATH, CLOSE THE DOOR, SHUT OFF 
THE SOUND, PLUG YOUR EARS.
AND COME BACK AND CHECK IN AN 
OUR OR TWO OR FIVE AND SEE IF 
IT'S DONE.
IT'S AN APPALLING PLACE THAT  
THIS COUNTRY HAS GONE.
06 MILLION BABIES -- 60 MILLION 
BABIES. 
AND I'VE SUPPORTED EVERY PIECE  
OF PRO-LIFE LEGISLATION THAT'S  
COME BEFORE THIS CONGRESS.
INCLUDING THE BORN-ALIVE BILL.
I SUPPORT THE BAN ON ABORTIONS  
FOR SEX SELECTION.
I SUPPORT THE PAIN-CAPABLE BILL 
WHICH PASSED THE HOUSE HERE LAST
OCTOBER.
AND WENT OVER TO THE SENATE 
WHERE THANKFULLY THE SENATE HAD 
A VOTE ON THE PAIN-CAPABLE BILL 
AND IT FAILED AND WE KNEW IT  
WOULD FAIL. 
BUT IT DID ESTABLISH THERE'S A  
PRO-LIFE MAJORITY, AT LEAST 
UNDER THOSE PARAMETERS IN THE 
UNITED STATES SENATE. 
AND I BELIEVE THERE WILL BE SOME
SENATORS WHO ARE HELD 
ACCOUNTABLER INTO VOTE. 
-- ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT VOTE. 
SO, MR. SPEAKER, I WANT TO MAKE 
THIS CLEAR. 
I BELIEVE THIS. 
I BELIEVE THAT LIFE BEGINS AT 
THE MOMENT OF CONCEPTION. 
BEGINS AT FERTILIZATION.
AND FROM THAT POINT FORWARD IT  
IS A UNIQUE BEING THAT IS 
GROWING AND MULTIPLYING AND 
SHAPING.
AND WITHIN ABOUT 18 DAYS, WE  
HAVE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE THAT 
THE HEART STARTS TO BEAT. 
WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE -- 
THERE'S A NERVE ACTIVITY. 
WE KNOW THAT THAT BABY BY ABOUT 
20 WEEKS IS CLEAR, AND I SAY  
ACTUALLY IRREFUTABLE THAT THE 
BABY FEELS PAIN.
WE'VE WATCHED THEM IN ULTRASOUND
MOVE AROUND IN THE WOMB AND 
SQUIRM. 
WE HELD A HEARING LAST NOVEMBER 
1 WHERE WE WATCHED PROBABLY THE 
YOUNGEST WITNESS TO EVER TESTIFY
BEFORE THE UNITED STATES  
CONGRESS. 
HIS NAME IS LINCOLN GLEN MILLER.
THIS LITTLE BOY WAS 18 WEEKS  
INTO DEVELOPMENT AND WE WATCHED 
HIM ON ULTRASOUND AS HE JERKED  
HIS ARM TOWARDS HIS FACE, SUCKED
HIS THUMB, MOVED HIS LIPS LIKE  
HE WAS TRYING TO TALK TO US.
SQUIRMED AROUND.
THIS LITTLE GUY, LINCOLN GLEN 
MILLER, SHOWED US THE HUMANITY  
INSIDE THE WOMB HERE IN THIS  
UNITED STATES CONGRESS. 
FOR THE FIRST TIME. 
SO, AT THE FUNERAL OF PHYLLIS 
SHLAFFLEY WHO PRIOR TO HER DEATH
WAS A LIVING, BREATHING ICON. 
A VERY PRINCIPLED INDIVIDUAL. 
SOMEONE WHO WAS THE CLEAREST  
THINKER OF OUR TIME.
I READ MOST ALL OF PHYLLIS' 
WRITINGS AND FOLLOWED HER 
CLOSELY AND COUNTED HER AS A  
FRIEND. 
AND SHE HAS A POWERFUL IMPACT 
UPON THIS COUNTRY.
BUT AT HER FUNERAL JANET PORTER 
OF FAITH TO ACTION AND I SAT  
DOWN AND TALKED ABOUT SOMETHING 
THAT PHYLLIS SAID, ASK, WILL I  
BRING A HEART BEAT FLOOR TO THE 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND  
PUSH IT THROUGH FOR A VOTE HERE 
ON THE FLOOR SUCCESSFULLY?
PHYLLIS NEVER WANTED TO DO  
ANYTHING UNSUCCESSFULLY AND 
DON'T EITHER, MR. SPEAKER.
AND SENT IT OVER TO THE SENATE  
AND WORKED TO NURTURE IT OVER 
THERE SO IT CAN GET TO THE  
PRESIDENT'S DESK FOR A  
SIGNATURE.
BECAUSE WE HAVE GONE THROUGH 45 
YEARS OF INCREMENTALISM.
45 YEARS, 45 YEARS OF A LITTLE  
BILL HERE, A LITTLE BILL THERE, 
THAT SAVED A FEW LIVES HERE AND 
A FEW LIVES THERE.
HENRY HYDE, THE LEADER IN THE 
PRO-LIFE MOVEMENT, AND HE WAS A 
GLORIOUS MAN THAT I HAD THE 
PRIVILEGE TO SERVE WITH HERE IN 
THIS CONGRESS, AND I ENJOYED  
THAT TIME WITH HIM, HENRY HYDE  
BROUGHT THE HYDE AMENDMENT AND  
THAT EXTRAPOLATED INTO THE  
MEXICO CITY POLICY. 
AND THE HYDE AMENDMENT COUPLED  
WITH THE MEXICO CITY POLICY HAS 
SAVED A MILLION LIVES, PERHAPS  
AS MANY AS TWO MILLION LIVES. 
DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME. 
I WAS INVOLVED IN THE BAN ON  
PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION. 
AND THERE WE FIRST SAW THE  
SUPREME COURT OVERTURN OUR BAN  
ON PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION.
THAT GHASTLY TACTIC OF TURNING A
BABY AROUND IN THE WOMB AND 
DELIVERING THE BABY BREACH, 
FEET-FIRST. 
UNTIL THAT BABY'S HEAD AND FACE 
ARE STILL INSIDE THE MOTHER AND 
THEN POKING A PAIR OF SCISSORS  
OR A SCALPEL INTO THE BACK OF 
THAT BABY'S HEAD AND STICKING A 
SUCTION IN AND SUCKING THE  
BRAINS OUT TO COLLAPSE THE  
SKULL.
AND REMOVING THE BALANCE OF THAT
BABY AS THAT BABY SQUIRMED FOR  
MERCY.
UNTIL THE BRAIN TISSUE WAS  
EMPTIED FROM ITS SKULL. 
MR. SPEAKER, THAT SICKENING AND 
GHASTLY AND GHOULISH TACTIC WAS 
OUTLAWED BY THIS CONGRESS AND IT
WENT TO CIRCUIT COURTS AROUND 
THE COUNTRY AND THOSE CIRCUIT 
COURTS FOUND IT UNCONSTITUTIONAL
BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T OVERTURN  
ROE V. WADE OR DOE V. BOLTEN. 
AND SO IT CAME TO THE SUPREME 
COURT.
AND THE SUPREME COURT, IN THE 
FIRST ROUND, OF THE BAN ON  
PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION FOUND  
THAT KILLING A BABY IN THAT 
GHASTLY FASHION WAS ENTIRELY  
CONSTITUTIONAL BECAUSE THE  
CONGRESS HAD FAILED TO PRECISELY
DEFINE TO THE SATISFACTION OF 
THE SUPREME COURT THE ACTIVE  
PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION AND HAD  
FAILED TO DEMONSTRATE BY  
CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS THAT A 
PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION WAS NEVER
NECESSARY TO SAVE THE LIFE OF 
THE MOTHER. 
. 
SO WEAPON WENT BACK TO WORK.
WE WENT BACK TO THE JUDICIARY 
COMMITTEE.
WE HELD HEARINGS, HEARING AFTER 
HEARING AFTER HEARING.
WE GOT OUT THE WORD PROCESSOR 
AGAIN, IT WAS A WORD PROCESSOR  
IN THOSE DAYS AND WE PRECISELY  
DEFINED THE ACT OF PARTIAL BIRTH
ABORTION. 
WHEN I SAY IT HERE, IT IS MORE  
-- IT IS WORSE THAN I HAVE EVER 
SEEN IT.
BUT WE DEFINED IT ABSOLUTELY, 
PRECISELY, FROM A MEDICAL 
PERSPECTIVE.
WE HAD A LOT OF SETS OF EYES AND
EARS ON IT TO WEIGH IN AND WE 
HAD, WITH THOSE HEARINGS, 
MEDICAL DOCTOR AFTER MEDICAL  
DOCTOR CAME THROUGH AND 
TESTIFIED.
IN THE END, WE HAD CONGRESSIONAL
FINDINGS THAT CONCLUDED,  
DEFINITIVELY, THAT A PARTIAL  
BIRTH ABORTION WAS NEVER  
MEDICALLY NECESSARY TO SAVE THE 
LIFE OF A MOTHER. 
SO WE DEFINED THE ACT.
WE PROVED IT WAS NEVER NECESSARY
TO SAVE THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER. 
WE PASSED THE LEGISLATION.
HOUSE AND SENATE. 
AND IT WENT OFF TO BE LITIGATED 
AGAIN.
TO THREE SEPARATE FEDERAL 
CIRCUITS. 
ONE IN LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, WHICH 
I ATTENDED, JUDGE KOPP. 
EACH OF THOSE CIRCUITS ALL FOUND
THAT OUR BILL WAS 
UNCONSTITUTIONAL IN PARTIAL 
BIRTH ABORTION. 
NOT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T DEFINE THE
ACT PRECISELY ENOUGH. 
NOT BECAUSE OUR CONGRESSIONAL 
FINDINGS WEREN'T THAT, BECAUSE  
THEY DID PROVE THAT IT WAS NEVER
NECESSARY FOR A PARTIAL BIRTH 
ABORTION TO SAVE THE LIFE OF THE
MOTHER. 
THEY FOUND OUR SECOND BILL  
UNCONSTITUTIONAL BECAUSE OF THE 
PRECEDENT CALLS STARE DECISIS.
THAT'S PRECEDENT THAT A COURT 
RESPECTS A PREVIOUS DECISION. 
AND SO ANYBODY THAT THINKS THAT 
THERE'S A PIECE OF PRO-LIFE 
LEGISLATION THAT WILL SAVE ANY  
LIVES THAT'S GOING TO BE UPHELD 
AT THE LOWER COURT LEVEL IS, I  
THINK, BARKING UP THE WRONG 
TREE. 
IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN THAT 
ANY LOWER COURT, LOWER FEDERAL  
COURT IN THE UNITED STATES, IS  
GOING TO OVERTURN A SUPREME 
COURT DECISION BECAUSE THEY WILL
RESPECT STARE DECISIS, THE  
DOIFINGS THE SUPREME COURT AND  
THERE ARE TOO MANY JUSTICE WHO  
WAS SERVED IN THE PAST ON THE 
SPOIRT WHO WOULD ALSO HONOR THAT
STARE DECISIS DECISION AND IF A 
SIMILAR CASE COMES BEFORE THEM, 
THEY'D LOOK AT THE DECISIONS  
MADE BEFORE AND SAY, THE COURTS 
ALREADY RESOLVED THIS, THERE'S  
NO REASON TO LOOK AT THIS 
THERE'S GOING TO BE NO DE NOVO  
REVIEW. 
IT'S GOING TO BE WHATEVER THE 
COURT DECIDED IN THE PAST.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHALLENGE  
THAT GOING FORWARD. 
WE'LL BUILD ALL CASE LAW ON THE 
CASE LAW BEHIND US AS WE GO 
FORWARD.
THAT'S AN ADHERENCE TO STARE  
DE-DECISIS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE  
MUST OVERTURN IF WE'RE EVER TO  
PUT AN END TO ABORTION IN THIS  
COUNTRY.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE WRITTEN  
LEGISLATION IN THE HEART BEAT 
BILL DESIGNED TO CHALLENGE ROE  
V. WADE AND DOE V. BOLTON AND 
ASKED A NEW SUPREME COURT, AFTER
WE PASS THE HEART BEAT  
LEGISLATION, H.R. 490, AND BRING
IT TO THIS FLOOR, GET THIS VOTE,
PASS IT OVER TO THE SENATE. 
WHEN THE DAY COMES WE'VE GOT THE
VOTES IN THE HOUSE AND THE  
SENATE WITNESS STAND WE HAVE A  
PRESIDENT THAT WILL SIGN THE  
LEGISLATION, TODAY IF WE COULD  
GET TO IT THERE, AND A VICE 
PRESIDENT THAT SEEMS TO BE  
ENTHUSIASTIC AND I NOTICE A 
POLITICAL ADVISOR FOR THE 
PRESIDENT, KELLYANNE CONWAY HAD 
A HEART BEAT PIN ON HER DRESS AS
SHE SPOKE A WEEK OR SO AGO, I 
APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT THAT'S 
THERE.
WITH THE VOTES THAT ARE HERE NOW
IN THIS HOUSE AND THE VOTES THAT
NEED TO BE COMPILED IN THE  
SENATE, PRESIDENTIAL SIGNATURE, 
WE CAN BAN ABORTION IF A HEART  
BEAT CAN BE DETECTED, THE BABY  
SHALL BE PROTECTED. 
THAT'S HE HEART BEAT BILL, H.R. 
490.
BUT WHEN IT'S PASSED, AND I PRAY
GOD IT IS, AND SOON, IT WILL GO 
TO THE LOWER COURTS BECAUSE THE 
PRO-ABORTION LOBBY WILL LITIGATE
EVERYTHING. 
NOTHING SEEMS TO GET TO THEIR 
CONSCIENCE. 
THEY'LL LITIGATE IT.
WE DON'T EXPECT TO WIN AT THE 
LOWER COURT LEVEL.
IT HAS TO GO TO THE SUPREME 
COURT.
WHEN WE DESIGNED THIS PATH FOR  
THIS LEGISLATION, IT WAS  
DESIGNED FOR A PRO-LIFE MAJORITY
IN THE HOUSE. 
WHICH WE HAVE.
A PRO-LIFE MAJORITY IN THE  
SENATE. 
WHICH WAS PROVEN JUST A WEEK AGO
WE HAVE.
AND A PRESIDENT THAT WILL SIGN  
THAT LEGISLATION, A PRO-LIFE  
PRESIDENT WHO SAID JUST A FEW 
DAYS AGO THAT HE'S A PRO-LIFE 
PRESIDENT.
AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THAT  
REINFORCEMENT.
WE DESIGNED IT FOR ALL OF THAT  
WITH THE EXPECTATION IT WOULD GO
BEFORE, NOT THE COURT AT THE  
TIME WE WROTE THE BILL AND NOT  
THE COURT NOW.
PERHAPS THE COURT NOW.
BUT MORE LIKELY A COURT THAT  
WOULD BE FORMED BY A SUBSEQUENT 
APPOINTMENT OR TWO MADE BY THIS 
PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP.
ALL OF THAT NEEDS TO BE LINED UP
FOR THE HEARTBEAT BILL TO HAVE  
SUCCESS.
AND WE SHOULD REMEMBER THAT THIS
ISN'T A FUNCTION OF WAITING FOR 
THE SUPREME COURT TO BE WHERE WE
THINK IT'S FAVORABLE. 
ALONE.
IT'S INSTEAD A FUNCTION THAT  
THERE HAVE TO BE FOUR WINDOWS 
OPENED IN THE RIGHT SEQUENCE AND
WE HAVE TO FLY THROUGH THOSE  
WINDOWS.
SO THE FIRST WINDOW IS OPEN 
RIGHT NOW.
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 
WE JUST NEED A SPEAKER AND  
MAJORITY LEADER THAT WILL SKI 
SWRULE THE VOTE ON THE FLOOR  
WITH 170 CO-SPONSORS ON THIS  
LEGISLATION AND A GOOD, LONG  
LIST OF FOLKS THAT WANT TO VOTE 
FOR THE BILL THAT JUST WEREN'T  
READY TO SIGN ON YET. 
WE WILL GET THERE, MR. SPEAKER. 
THAT'S WINDOW NUMBER ONE. 
WE'VE GOT TO FLY THE HEART BEAT 
BILL THROUGH WINDOW NUMBER ONE. 
THEN, SEND IT OVER TO THE 
SENATE. 
WE'VE GOT TO FLY THE HEART BEAT 
BILL THROUGH WIN TOE NUMBER TWO.
THAT'S HARDER.
IT'S HARDER WITH THE FILIBUSTER 
RULE, THE 60-VOTE MAJORITY. 
BUT WITH 60 MILLION LIVES AT  
STAKE, MAYBE THE 60-VOTE  
MAJORITY IS NOT SUCH A  
REQUIREMENT.
PERHAPS THEY'D BE WILLING TO  
WAIVE THAT LONG TRADITION FOR 
THE PURPOSES OF SAVING LIVES. 
THAT WOULD BE MY ARGUMENT.
WE'VE GOT 60 MILLION LIVES WE'VE
LOST IN THIS COUNTRY AND YOU'RE 
REQUIRING 60 VOTES IN THE SENATE
AND THAT SETS THE STAGE FOR 
ANOTHER 60 MILLION LIVES TO BE  
ABORTED IF YOU CAN'T GET RID OF 
THE FILIBUSTER RULE AND PASS IT 
ON A SIMPLE MAJORITY. 
THE WINDOW IN THE HOUSE IS OPEN 
NOW.
THE WINDOW IN THE SENATE CAN BE 
OPENED FESM THE WINDOW AT THE 
WHITE HOUSE IS OPEN RIGHT NOW.
AND A COURT IS GOING TO TAKE A  
LITTLE TIME.
BUT IF WE SIT BACK AND DECIDE WE
DON'T WANT TO SEND SOMETHING OUT
THIS WINDOW OF THE HOUSE BECAUSE
WE DON'T THINK THE SENATE IS  
READY OR WE DON'T THINK THE 
PRESIDENT IS READY, BY THE WAY, 
OR IF WE DON'T THINK THE COURT  
IS READY. 
THEN THERE'LL BE A WINDOW CLOSE 
AND IT'LL BE TOO LATE.
WE'VE GOT TO MOVE THIS  
LEGISLATION THROUGH.
IT'S H.R. 490.
THE HEARTBEAT BILL THAT SAYS  
THIS. 
THAT BEFORE AN ABORTIONIST CAN  
PLY HIS TRADE, HE MUST FIRST  
CHECK FOR A HEARTBEAT AND IF A  
HEARTBEAT CAN BE DETECTED, THE  
BABY IS PROTECTED THAT SIMPLE.
THAT CLEAR. 
WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY NOW THAT 
SHOWS THAT DEFINITIVE HEARTBEAT 
ON ULTRA SOUND WHERE YOU CAN  
WATCH THE BABY MOVE AND SQUIRM  
AND GURGLE AND SUCK ITS THUMB 
AND TRY TO TALK AND DO ALL THOSE
LOVABLE THINGS. 
WE HAVE THAT TECHNOLOGY THAT  
SHOWS THAT IN ULTRA SOUND.
WE HAVE A TAKE YOUR HOME KIT  
HOME AND LISTEN TO THE HEARTBEAT
OF THE BABY.
I GET THEM TEXTED TO ME FROM  
YOUNG LADIES THAT ARE MOMS RR   
-- ALREADY AND ALREADY BONDING  
WITH THAT UNBORN BY BY. 
THAT TECHNOLOGY SAYS THAT AT  
ABOUT SIX WEEKS, WE CAN 
DETERMINE THE DEFINITIVE NATURE 
OF THAT HEARTBEAT.
AND IF THAT HEARTBEAT CAN BE  
DETECTED, THE BABY IS PROTECTED.
BUT MR. SPEAKER, HERE'S THE 
PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE. 
170 MEMBERS SIGNED ON TO THIS 
BILL. 
ANOTHER GOOD BUNCH OF THEM WANT 
THIS BILL TO COME TO THE FLOOR  
AND WANT TO VOTE ON IT. 
THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE IS 
REFLECTED THROUGH THE UNITED  
STATES CONGRESS, ESPECIALLY THE 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 
AND UNELECTED PEOPLE ON THE 
OUTSIDE OF THIS CONGRESS ARE THE
ONES HOLDING THIS BILL BACK.
WHEN I TALKED TO THE LEADERSHIP 
UP THE LINE AND I SAY, I WANT TO
VOTE ON THE HEARTBEAT BILL, SO I
170 MEMBERS THAT SIGNED ON AND  
MULTIPLE OTHERS THAT WANT TO  
VOTE FOR IT, THE WILL OF THIS 
CONGRESS IS CLEAR.
BUT THE LEADERSHIP SAYS, WE'VE  
GOT, WE DON'T WANT TO DIVIDE THE
PRO-LIFE COMMUNITY. 
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE  
PRO-LIFE COMMUNITY IS UNANIMOUS 
IN THIS BEFORE WE MOVE  
LEGISLATION.
I THINK THAT'S AN OLD RULE THAT 
WAS PUT IN PLACE. 
WOULDN'T BE MY RULE.
WELL SO THE TOP ORGANIZATIONS 
ALONG THE WAY, THE NATIONAL 
LIGHT RIGHT TO LIFE, OLDEST AND 
LARGEST RIGHT TO LIFE, I'VE 
NAMED THEM. 
HAVE TO NAME EVERY OTHER, FAITH 
FAMILY COUNCIL, SUSAN B.  
ANTHONY, I'LL NAME A BUNCH OF 
THEM LATE THEY ARE EVENING, MR. 
SPEAKER, EVERY OTHER  
ORGANIZATION THAT I NAME  
SUPPORTS THIS BILL. 
THE ONLY ORGANIZATION THAT  
DOESN'T SUPPORT IT IS NATIONAL  
RIGHT TO LIFE.
HERE'S WHAT THEY TELL ME. 
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE. 
PROTECTING AMERICANS SINCE 1968.
THE OLDEST PRO LIFE 
ORGANIZATION, THE LARGEST PRO 
LIFE ORGANIZATION.
SAY WE NEED YOU ON THIS BILL  
BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO MOVE  
UNTIL YOU SAY YOU SUPPORT IT OR 
THE REST OF THE CONGRESS RISES  
UP IN A VERY STRONG WAY.
SO HERE'S THEIR ANSWER. 
THEY TWEETED THIS OUT HERE A  
LITTLE WHILE BACK.
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE DOES NOT 
OPPOSE THE HEARTBEAT BILL.
THAT WAS THEIR MESSAGE. 
DOES NOT OPPOSE.
BUT IN ORDER FOR A PIECE OF 
PRO-LIFE LEGISLATION TO MOVE, 
ACCORDING TO WHAT I THINK IS AN 
ARCHAIC RULE, THERE HAVE TO BE  
UNANIMOUS.
SO THAT MEANS F.R.C., FAMILY  
RESEARCH COUNCIL, SUSAN B.  
ANTHONY LIST, THOSE TWO,  
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE IF THEY  
ALL SAY WE LIKE THIS BILL, WE 
WANT TO MOVE IT, THEN H.R. 490, 
THE HEARTBEAT BILL, MOVES, MR.  
SPEAKER.
IF THEY DON'T SAY THEY LIKE THE 
BILL, IT IS A DE FACTO VETO.
IT BLOCKS THE BILL. 
THE WILL OF 170 MEMBERS WHO 
SIGNED ON AND A GOOD NUMBER OF  
FOLKS WHO ARE WILLING TO VOTE 
FOR THE BILL THAT DIDN'T SIGN 
ON, THE WILL OF THE AMERICAN  
PEOPLE REFLECTED IN THIS  
CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC THAT WE 
ARE, IS ALL BEING STIFLED AN  
FRUSTRATED BY ONE ORGANIZATION. 
HAPPENS TO BE THE OLDEST AND THE
LARGEST PRO LIFE ORGANIZATION IN
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
THE NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE. 
SINCE 1968. 
THEY SAY NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE 
DOES NOT OPPOSE THE HEARTBEAT 
BILL THAT IS H.R. 490.
THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.
I'VE HAD MY CONVERSATIONS WITH  
CAROL TO BIAS AND I'VE HAD  
CONVERSATIONS WITH DAVID  
OLSTEEN, I'VE HAD -- NOT IN 
PERSON. 
ONLY BY PHONE.
COULDN'T GET AN IN-PERSON 
MEETING BUT A COUPLE OF THEIR 
LAWYERS CAME IN, WE HAD THAT  
CONVERSATION TOO. 
THEY IS ALL SAY -- THEY ALL SAY 
THE SAME THING. 
THEY SAY, OUR BOARD DOESN'T LIKE
THE HEARTBEAT BILL. 
DOESN'T SUPPORT THE HEARTBEAT 
BILL. 
WE CAN'T ACT UNLESS OUR BOARD 
TELLS US TO ACT.
WHEN WAS YOUR LAST BOARD  
MEETING?
SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. 
WON'T BE ANOTHER ONE UNTIL AFTER
THE MARCH FOR LIFE THIS 
CONVERSATION TOOK PLACE THE 
FIRST WEEK IN DECEMBER. 
SO CALL A SPECIAL BOARD MEETING,
BECAUSE THIS IS IMPORTANT.
THE HEARTBEAT BILL DREW A LOT 
MORE MOMENTUM THAN YOU THOUGHT  
IT WAS GOING TO.
IT WASN'T YOUR IDEA, I'LL GIVE  
IT TO YOU AS AN IDEA IF THAT'S  
WHAT THEY WANT. 
THEY CAN'T MEET THE BOARD, CAN'T
POLL THE BOARD, HAVE TO WAIT  
UNTIL THE NEXT SCHEDULED BOARD  
MANY MEETING. 
WHO ARE THE BOARD MEMBERS?
I DON'T KNOW. 
50 OF THEM. 
CAN YOU IMAGINE, MR. SPEAKER. 
CAB YOU IMAGINE, 50 DEDICATED,  
PRO LIFE PEOPLE IN AMERICA THAT 
ARE ON THE BOARD OF NATIONAL  
RIGHT TO LIFE AND ALL OF THEM 
SITTING THERE SAYING, NO, I 
DON'T WANT TO SEE THE HEARTBEAT 
BILL MOVE.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING I WANT TO DO.
I DON'T SUPPORT PROTECTING  
BABIES FROM THE MOMENT THAT A 
HEARTBEAT CAN BE DETECTED.
HOW IN THE WORLD SIT THAT YOU 
ARE THE PREEMINENT RIGHT TO LIFE
ORGANIZATION IN THE COUNTRY AND 
THE BEST YOU CAN DO IS SAY YOU  
DO NOT OPPOSE THE HEARTBEAT 
BILL. 
THE REAL TRUTH IS, IF YOU DON'T 
OPPOSE IT, NEITHER DO YOU 
SUPPORT IT. 
WHAT IT REALLY MEANS IS THE 
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE DOES MOT 
SUPPORT THE HEARTBEAT BILL, FOR 
WHATEVER THOSE REASONS ARE, MR. 
SPEAKER.
FOR WHATEVER THOSE REASONS ARE. 
AND I'D SURE LIKE TO KNOW.
I THINK IF YOU TRULY ARE  
PRO-LIFE, THEN, THEN THERE  
WOULDN'T BE A WAY YOU COULD SIT 
THERE AND SAY, I DON'T WANT TO  
PROTECT THE BABIES THAT HAVE A  
HEARTBEAT.
IN FACT, I LOOK THROUGH THEIR 
TWEETS AND THEIR LITERATURE,  
IT'S FULL OF REFERENCES TO  
HEARTBEAT.
I'LL GET TO THAT IN A LITTLE  
BIT, MR. SPEAKER. 
BUT I WANTED TO HEAR FROM THE 
GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS AND SET THE
STAGE A LITTLE BIT HERE AND THEN
-- SO I'D BE HAPPY TO YIELD SUCH
TIME AS HE MAY CONSUME TO THE 
GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS AND YIELD  
TO LOUIE GOHMERT. 
THANK HIM.
MR. GOHMERT: I THANK MY DEAR  
FRIEND FROM IOWA, MR. KING, FOR 
ALL HIS WORK IN THIS AREA.
NOT JUST HIS WORK BUT HIS 
LEADERSHIP. 
I KNOW HIS HEART BEATS WITH THE 
DESIRE TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY  
HEART BEATING IS PROTECTED. 
AND I HEARD A COMEDIAN ON 
TELEVISION JUST LAST NIGHT  
SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT YEAH, SO 
MANY YEARS AGO, I HAD AN  
ABORTION BECAUSE IT'S MY CHOICE,
SOMETHING TO THAT ORDER.
AUDIENCE CHEERED AND CLAPPED AND
I THOUGHT, COMEDIAN.
MY HEART -- WASN'T ANGRY, MY  
HEART JUST BROKE FOR THAT CHILD.
AND AS MY FRIEND KNOWS, MY WIFE 
AND I, YOU ARE FIRST CHILD CAME 
EIGHT TO 10 WEEKS EARLY.
AND THEY TRIED FOR THREE DAYS TO
STOP THE CONTRACTIONS AND AFTER 
THREE DAYS IT WAS CLEAR OUR 
DAUGHTER WAS COMING.
AND BACK THEN, IT WAS FAR ENOUGH
BACK THAT WE REALLY DIDN'T KNOW 
IF WE WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO  
KEEP HER. 
FIRST DAY SHE WAS THERE IN TYLER
WE WERE HAD MALPRACTICE CASES A 
JUDGE AND FOR PREM EMP ES AND 
YOU GET TO 100%, IT MAY CAUSE 
BLINDNESS, THAT IS CONDITION, 
THAT THE RETT INA IS NOT MATURE 
ENOUGH AND THE BLOOD VESSELS AND
CAUSE FIBERS TO COME OUT AND  
SEPARATES FROM THE BACK OF THE  
WALL. 
I KNEW ALL OF THAT. 
I KNEW ALL ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING 
ON. 
AND WHEN THE PREED TRISH AND  
CAME IN AND TRYING TO GET THAT  
TUBE IN, HE DIDN'T INTUBATE A 
LOT OF CHILDREN.
BUT THEY LOST HER THREE TIMES 
AND MONITORS AND TRIED TO GET 
THE TUBE IN AND GET OXYGEN TO 
HER LITTLE UNDEVELOPED LUNGS. 
IT WAS LIKE A HORROR MOVIE. 
BUT I COULD NOT LEAVE UNTIL I 
FOUND OUT.
THEY WERE PRAYING FOR MY CHILD  
AND THE DOCTOR'S HANDS BUT HE 
TIMELY GOT HER INTUBATED AND  
CAME OUT SWEATING PROFUSELY.
AND I ALREADY HELD OUR CHILD. 
I COULD HOLD HER IN ONE HAPPENED
AND I WAS CAREFUL TO USE TWO. 
BUT WE NEEDED TO TAKE HER TO  
DALLAS OR SHREVEPORT AND AT THAT
TIME, IF THEY HAVE TO GO, THEY  
GO TO DALLAS. 
AT THAT TIME, I SAID WHICH WAS  
MORE SUCCESSFUL AND HE SAID THE 
SURVIVAL RATE IN SHREVEPORT IS A
LITTLE BETTER.
I WASN'T SURE.
CATTY HAD TO STAY THERE AND I 
FOLLOWED THE PLANS. 
WHEN I GOT OVER THERE, THE  
DOCTOR, I COULD UNDERSTAND, THE 
DOCTOR WAS DR. STING. 
AND GOT OUR DAUGHTER AND HAD THE
MONITORS HOOKED UP AND HALO 
AROUND HER HEAD AND EXTRA OXYGEN
AND HE SAID SIT DOWN HERE AND HE
SAID YOU ARE AWARE HER EYES ARE 
NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY, SHE 
CAN'T RECOGNIZE YOU WHEN SHE  
OPENS HER EYES. 
BUT SHE KNOWS YOUR VOICE AND  
LISTENING TO YOUR VOICE FOR 
MONTHS. 
SHE KNOWS YOU AND SHE IS  
COMFORTED BY YOUR VOICE BECAUSE 
SHE KNOWS YOU.
AND SO YOU SIT HERE AND YOU TALK
TO HER AND YOU CARRESS HER ARMS 
AND FACE AND TALK TO HER AND YOU
WILL DO SOME GOOD FOR HER.
AND THEY SAID WE HAVE A TWO-HOUR
LIMIT OF HOW LONG YOU SIT HERE  
AND TAKE A BREAK A COUPLE OF  
HOURS.
THE LAST THING THAT KATHY ASKED 
IF THERE WAS ANYTHING I COULD DO
TO HELP OUR LITTLE GIRL.
I CARRESSED HER LITTLE FACE.
THE DANGER OF A CHILD BORN  
PREMATURELY IS THE LUNGS NOT  
BEING PROPERLY DEVELOPED, TO GET
ENOUGH AIR IN TO KEEP THE CHILD 
ALIVE.
THE BREATHING WAS VERY, VERY  
SHALLOW AND HEART RATE WAS VERY 
FAST AND YOU COULD SEE IT ON THE
MONITORS, VERY SHALLOW, VERY  
FAST, VERY ERRATIC, BUT SHE HAD 
A HEARTBEAT AND AS YOU HAVE SAID
MANY TIMES, MY FRIENDS AND JANET
SAID MANY TIMES, YOU WALK IN A  
ROOM AND SEE A BODY NOT MOVING, 
YOU CHECK TO SEE IF THERE IS A  
HEARTBEAT AND IF THERE IS A 
HEARTBEAT YOU HAVE TO CALL AN 
AMBULANCE AND THAT IS THE 
PRINCIPLE BEHIND THE HEARTBEAT  
BILL. 
AND WHEN I WAS PLAYING WITH HER 
LITTLE HAND, SHE TOOK HER WHOLE 
HAND AND WRAPPED AROUND THE ENDS
OF MY FINGER AND HELD ON TIGHT. 
IT WAS A TIGHT GRIP.
LUNGS NOT WORKING SO WELL, ARMS 
NOT WORKING THAT GREAT, BUT SHE 
WAS HOLDING ON AND HOLDING  
TIGHT.
AND I WAS THERE THREE, FOUR 
HOURS BEFORE THE DOCTOR CAME  
BACK AND HE SAID HAD YOU LOOKED 
UP AT THE MONITORS? 
AND I LOOKED UP AND THE 
BREATHING WAS VERY SHALLOW BUT  
IT WAS NO ERRATIC, BUT HAD A  
REGULAR RHYTHM TO IT AND THE  
HEART BEAT WAS FAST BUT NOT 
ERRATIC BUT A REGULAR HEARTBEAT.
AND THE DOCTOR SAID SHE IS  
DRAWING STRENGTH FROM YOU, SHE  
IS DRAWING LIFE FROM YOU. 
WELL, I CAN TELL YOU WHEN YOU 
KNOW THIS LITTLE CHILD IS 
DRAWING LIFE FROM YOU AND 
STRENGTH FROM YOU, YOU DON'T  
WANT TO LEAF -- LEAVE.
AND FINALLY, AFTER EIGHT HOURS  
AND THE NURSES AND DOCTOR CAME  
OVER AND SAID, YOU GOT TO LEAVE,
IT'S ABOUT EIGHT HOURS. 
I SAID I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE. 
THE MONITOR SHOWS SHE HAS 
IRREGULAR HEARTBEAT AND THEY  
SAID YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO LEAVE 
SIX HOURS AGO.
GO I WENT TO MCDONALD'S AND MY  
HEART WAS UP THERE WITH OUR 
DAUGHTER AND I REAR ENDED A LADY
RIGHT THERE BY MCDONALD'S AND 
THE POLICEMAN WAS VERY NICE AND 
THE LADY WAS EXTREMELY NICE, BUT
I COULDN'T WAIT TO GET BACK TO  
OUR CHILD.
NOW SHE IS EXTRAORDINARY. 
ABSOLUTELY EXTRAORDINARY. 
BUN OF THE TOP ARTISTS IN THE 
WORLD WAS CHOSEN TO BE ONE OF 
THE FIRST 12 ARTISTS THAT SWATCH
--AL HOTEL DEDICATED IN 
SHANGHAI, ONE OF THE FIRST 12 TO
LIVE THERE, SHE WAS ONE OF THE  
FIRST 12. 
AMAZING TALENT. 
I THINK ABOUT THE TALENT OF -- I
MEAN 16 MILLION CHILDREN, EVERY 
ONE OF THEM HAD SOME KIND OF  
GIFT, AND THEY'RE GONE. 
AND I HAVE APPRECIATED THE  
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE WHEN I 
WAS IN COLLEGE, WHEN I WAS OUT  
OF COLLEGE AND WHEN I WAS A 
PROSECUTOR AFTER LAW SCHOOL,  
WHEN I WAS PRACTICING LAWYER, 
LOCAL BUSINESSMAN, MY OWN FIRM, 
ELECTED TO JUDGE, I NEVER 
FURTHERED MY APPRECIATION TO THE
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE. 
I WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE  
UNDERSTAND, WE HAVE A TEXAS 
RIGHT TO LIFE.
IT'S IT'S OWN ORGANIZATION AND I
TALKED TO THE DEPRAMES. 
AND THE GRAHAMS THAT HEAD UP THE
TEXAS RIGHT TO LIFE, THEY HAVE  
DONE INCREDIBLE WORK. 
BUT THEY MADE CLEAR, WE DON'T 
CARE WHOSE BILL IT IS, BUT WHO  
CAME UP WITH THE IDEA, IF THERE 
IS ANY BILL THAT WILL PREVENT 
EVEN ONE PRECIOUS LIFE OF BEING 
ABORTED, THAT LIFE BEING SAVED  
AND ALLOWED A CHANCE TO BE LOVED
AND TO BELOVED AND NOT TO BE  
ABORTED, THEY ARE ON BOARD. 
THAT'S THE WAY EVERYBODY I KNEW 
THAT IS PRO-CHOICE, MEANING YOU 
CHOOSE TO LIVE, THAT'S THE WAY I
THOUGHT EVERYBODY WAS.
IT HAS BEEN BEEN QUITE AN 
AWAKENING TO BE HERE IN 
WASHINGTON AND TO HAVE ANY  
GROUP, ESPECIALLY ONE THAT I PUT
UP ON A STEP FOR SO MANY YEARS  
FOR DECADES NOW THAT SAYS OUR 
BOARD DOESN'T SUPPORT A BILL. 
WE HAVE A BILL, PAIN-CAPABLE, 
YES, THAT SAVES 5% TO 15% 
ABORTIONS . AND NATIONAL RIGHT  
TO LIFE, IT MAY SAVE 80% TO 90% 
OF THE CHILDREN BEING KILLED, 
COUNT ME IN.
I'M IN. 
AND I THOUGHT THAT'S WHERE  
EVERYBODY WOULD BE, AND I REALLY
DON'T UNDERSTAND IF IT'S A TURF 
BATTLE AND WHY IS IT THAT WILL  
ANY GROUP DOESN'T SUPPORT SAVING
AN ADDITIONAL LIFE? 
AND I DO READ THE BIBLE EVERY 
DAY.
I MADE THAT PROMISE THAT I WOULD
READ THE BIBLE AND I DO THAT. 
AND I HAVE JUST GONE AGAIN  
THROUGH SOME OF THE OLD 
TESTAMENT BOOKS.
AND WHEN I READ THE PROVE FETS  
TALK ABOUT -- PROPHETS, HOW EVIL
A SOCIETY WAS.
THIS KING DID EVIL IN THE ICE OF
THE LORD, WHEN THE WRITER WANTS 
TO ILLUSTRATE THE POINT THAT A  
SOCIETY HAD BECOME SO EVIL THAT 
IT WAS AN ABOMINATION TO GOD, 
THEY WOULD POINT OUT THAT THEM  
SACRIFICING THEIR CHILDREN ON 
THE ALTAR.
AND I REMEMBER READING THAT.
WHAT COULD BE WORST THAN THAT.
I CAN'T IMAGINE A PARENT BEING  
WILLING TO SACRIFICE THEIR  
CHILD.
I COULDN'T IMAGINE TO THE DEATH 
TO PROTECT THEIR CHILD. 
BUT I COULDN'T IMAGINE THAT 
HAPPENING IN THEIR OLD TESTAMENT
DAYS AND THEN COME TO REALIZE WE
HAVE BEEN DOING IT SINCE THE  
1970'S AND SACRIFICING THESE  
CHILDREN THAT COULD SURVIVE 
THEIR OWN ON THE ALTAR OF 
INDIVIDUAL CHOICE.
I'M TOO BUSY TO DO OTHER THINGS 
WHEN THEIR PARENTS BEGGING FOR  
CHILDREN TO ADOPT.
SO, I JUST APPRECIATE SO MUCH,  
MY FRIEND, SPEAKING UP ON BEHALF
OF THE UNBORN.
WE HAVE HEARD FROM OUR  
DEMOCRATIC FRIENDS THAT ARE 
SOCIETY IS JUDGED BY THE WAY  
THEY PROTECT THOSE WHO PLOKET 
THEMSELVES AND HELP THOSE WHO 
CANNOT PROTECT THEPSES. 
THERE IS CLEARLY NOBODY MORE  
INNOCENT AND MORE IN NEED OF  
PROTECTION THAN A CHILD NOT 
QUITE BORN THAT SOMEONE WANTS TO
KILL. 
I APPRECIATE MY FRIEND'S I WILL 
LUME NATION.
I THANK YOU FOR I DON'T REMEMBER
EFFORTS BUT EVERY DAY AND I 
YIELD BACK. 
MR. KING: I THANK THE GENTLEMAN 
FROM TEXAS FOR THAT DESCRIPTION 
AND WHAT IT WAS LIKE, THAT  
MIRACLE CHILD WHO WASING TELL 
GENT AND BEAUTIFUL AND A  
WORLD-CLASS ARTIST. 
I DON'T UNDERSTAND NATIONAL 
RIGHT TO LIFE EITHER. 
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE 
FORMED FOR. 
IT FITS H.R. 490. 
THIS IS EXACT FIT INTO THEIR  
VERY MISSION STATEMENT. 
AND I MADE IT A POINT TO LOOK UP
THAT MISSION STATEMENT AND I  
HAPPEN TO HAVE IT.
THE NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE  
STATEMENT GOES THIS WAY.
THE MISSION OF THE NATIONAL 
RIGHT TO LIFE IS TO PROTECT AND 
DEFEND THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL 
RIGHT OF HUMANKIND, THE RIGHT TO
LIFE OF EVERY INNOCENT HUMAN  
BEING FROM THE BEGINNING OF LIFE
TO NATURAL DEATH. 
THE NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE'S  
POSITION AND MISSION FROM THE 
BEGINNING OF LIFE TO NATURAL  
DEATH, I CERTAINLY SUPPORT THAT.
I DON'T DISAGREE WHEN LIFE  
BEGINS. 
BUT ONE MIGHT READ IT, MAYBE  
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE'S  
POSITION IS SOMETHING OTHER THAN
THE MOMENT OF CONCEPTION BECAUSE
THE STATEMENT DOESN'T SAY FROM  
THE FERTILIZATION TO NATURAL  
DEATH.
IT SAYS FROM THE BEGINNING OF 
LIFE TO NATURAL DEATH.
. 
.
 
WHEN DOES LIFE BEGIN? 
AND IT ANSWERS ITS QUESTION THIS
WAY.
THE LIFE OF A BABY BEGINS LONG  
BEFORE HE OR SHE IS BORN. 
A NEW INDIVIDUAL HUMAN BEING  
BEGINS AT FERTILIZATION WHEN THE
SPERM AND OVUM MEET TO FORM A 
SINGLE CELL.
PERFECT.
I AGREE WITH THAT ANSWER. 
SO THEY ARE THEN FORMED.
THE MISSION IS TO PROTECT AND 
DEFEND THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL 
RIGHT OF HUMANKIND, RIGHT TO  
LIFE, OF EVERY INNOCENT HUMAN 
BEING FROM THE BEGINNING OF LIFE
TO NATURAL DEATH, NATURAL RIGHT 
TO LIFE'S MISSION STATEMENT.
AND THEY DEFINE THE BEGINNING OF
LIFE AS WHEN -- AT  
FERTILIZATION, WHEN THE SPERM 
AND OVUM MEET TO FORM A SINGLE  
CELL. 
THERE SHOULD BE NO ARGUMENT ANY 
LONGER. 
WHERE DOES NATIONAL RIGHT TO  
LIFE STAND? 
THEY SHOULD BE STANDING FOR 
PROTECTING ALL INNOCENT LIFE  
FROM FERTILIZATION TO NATURAL 
DEATH.
IT'S A FINE AND HONORABLE 
POSITION AND THE HISTORY OF 
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE HAS  
SPOKEN TO THE HEART BEAT ISSUE  
AND THE HEART BEAT BILL.
FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WAS A HEART  
BEAT BILL THAT PASSED OUT OF THE
NORTH DAKOTA STATE LEGISLATURE, 
BACK IN 2009, AND IT WENT TO A  
FEDERAL CIRCUIT COURT WHERE IT  
WAS NOT UPHELD BY THAT FEDERAL  
CIRCUIT COURT.
JUST AS I DESCRIBED A LITTLE  
EARLIER.
THE LOWER COURTS WILL NOT 
OVERTURN A DECISION MADE BY THE 
SUPREME COURT.
IT HAS TO BE APPEALED TO THE  
SUPREME COURT LEVEL.
THIS WAS NOT. 
BUT THEY WERE SUPPORTING THE  
HEART BEAT BILL THEN. 
SO THEY'RE ON RECORD SUPPORTING 
HEART BEAT BILL.
AND HERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER  
TIMES ON THEIR POSITIONS ON 
HEART BEAT. 
HEART BEAT'S BEEN SHOWING UP  
PRETTY OFTEN IN THE INFORMATION 
THAT'S COME OUT OF NATIONAL 
RIGHT TO LIFE.
I POINT OUT AGAIN THEIR LEAD. 
BUT HERE'S ONE, THIS IS FIFTH OF
FEBRUARY, 2013. 
RIGHT TO LIFE'S TWEET THAT WENT 
OUT.
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE'S TWEET. 
@NLRC, IF YOU WANT TO SEND THEM 
A MESSAGE.
UNBORN CHILD'S HEART BEAT, THE  
MOST BEAUTIFUL MUSIC, SAYS  
BEYONCE.
I LOOKED THAT UP BECAUSE I  
WONDERED WHAT THAT WAS. 
BEYONCE WAS PREGNANT. 
SHE ACTUALLY HAD A MISCARRIAGE  
AND LOST THAT CHILD.
LOVE THAT CHILD -- LOVED THAT 
CHILD BEFORE THAT CHILD WAS 
BORN. 
I DON'T HAVE ANY DOUBTS THAT HER
HEART WAS BROKE.
SHE SAID, AN UNBORN CHILD'S 
HEART BEAT IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
MUSIC.
AND THAT'S POSTED ON NATIONAL 
RIGHT TO LIFE'S -- ON THEIR 
TWITTER PAGE. 
AND THEN I GO ON. 
THAT'S FEBRUARY OF 2013.
HERE'S JULY OF 2013.
A TWEET FROM THEM.
UNBORN BABIES CAN FEEL PAIN,  
THEY CAN DREAM, THEY HAVE A 
HEART BEAT. 
THEY RESPOND TO THEIR MOTHER'S  
VOICE.
ABORTION ENDS THEIR LIFE. 
LOOKS LIKE NATIONAL RIGHT TO  
LIFE UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE 
OF HEART BEAT.
I THINK THEY KNOW SOMETHING THAT
I THINK I ALSO KNOW, THAT 
THABEETING HEART IS IN OUR EARS 
-- THAT THAT BEATING HEART IS IN
OUR EARS NOW. 
MANY OF US HAVE HEARD THABEETING
HEART ON ULTRASOUND AND -- THAT 
BEATING HEART ON ULTRASOUND AND 
WE KNOW THAT'S LIFE.
WE ALSO KNOW IF THAT HEART BEAT 
CAN BE DETECTED AND THE BABY IS 
PROTECTED, THAT BABY HAS AT 
LEAST A 95% CHANCE OF A 
SUCCESSFUL BIRTH. 
AND SO THAT'S HOW VIABLE THAT 
BABY IS AT 6 WEEKS, WITH A HEART
BEAT. 
HEART BEAT. 
HERE'S ANOTHER TWEET. 
24 SEPTEMBER, 2014. 
RIGHT TO LIFE'S TWITTER ACCOUNT.
LISTEN TO AN UNBORN BABY'S HEART
BEAT AT JUST SIX WEEKS. 
JUST THE AMOUNT OF TIME I GAVE  
YOU.
ANOTHER HEART BEAT MESSAGE. 
GOING ON DOWN THE LINE. 
THIS IS 2014 ALSO.
A RIGHT TO LIFE TWEET.
DID YOU KNOW BABIES BY 20 WEEKS 
CAN FEEL PAIN, THAT'S THE 
PAIN-CAPABLE BILL THAT JUST 
FAILED IN THE SENATE. 
THEY ALREADY HAVE A HEART BEAT. 
AND DETECTABLE BRAIN WAVES BY 
THEN. 
HEART BEAT ABOUT SIX WEEKS. 
AND SO THEY'RE TELLING US THIS  
HEART BEAT MATTERS. 
THE HEART BEAT IS A SURE SIGN OF
LIFE. 
IF THERE'S A HEART BEATING  
THERE, THERE'S A LIVE BABY  
THERE.
AND A BABY WITH A 95% CHANCE OR 
BETTER OF SUCCESSFUL BIRTH. 
MOVING ON IN 2014.
ALSO. 
HERE'S CAROL TOBIAS, THE LEAD IN
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE. 
SHE TWEETS OUT ON THIS DAY, 24  
MARCH, 2014, NEW SMARTPHONE 
ACCESSORY ALLOWS MOMS TO HEAR 
UNBORN CHILD'S HEART BEAT.
I'M GLAD THAT WE'VE BEEN NOTICED
OF THIS.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KNOW 
THAT. 
THAT'S THE PLACE WHERE THESE  
HEART BEAT SOUNDS HAVE BEEN 
TEXTED TO ME FROM YOUNG MOTHERS 
THAT ARE, SAY, SIX WEEKS ALONG  
OR SEVEN OR EIGHT WEEKS ALONG.
THEY'LL SEND ME THE SOUND OF  
THAT HEART BEAT.
AND I CAN OPEN, HERE COMES MY 
PHONE AND I CAN OPEN THAT UP AND
I CAN HEAR THAT HEART BEAT AND  
SURGING AT SAY 158 BEATS PER  
MINUTE. 
THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST PRECIOUS 
THAT CAME TO ME, 2 1/2 WEEKS  
AGO.
158 BEATS A MINUTE. 
HERE'S THE NEXT TWEET THAT COMES
DOWN. 
THIS IS FEBRUARY, 2015. 
AN ABORTIONIST, NATIONAL RIGHT  
TO LIFE'S TWEET.
QUOTING AN ABORTIONIST. 
WHO SAID, I KNOW THAT THE FETUS 
IS ALIVE DURING THE PROCESS.
MEANING THE PROCESS OF ABORTION.
I CAN SEE FETAL HEART BEAT ON 
THE ULTRASOUND. 
I CAN SEE THE HEART BEAT ON THE 
ULTRASOUND. 
THAT ABORTIONIST STOPS  
THABEETING HEART -- THAT BEATING
HEART.
ENDS THE LIFE OF THAT BABY. 
THIS IS WHY RIGHT TO LEAF PUT UP
THIS. 
THEY KNOW THAT HEART -- LIFE  
PUTS THAT UP. 
THEY KNOW THAT HEART BEAT MEANS 
LIFE. 
THEY'RE THE OLDEST ORGANIZATION 
IN THE COUNTRY, THE LARGEST 
ORGANIZATION IN THE COUNTRY.
THE HEART BEAT BILL COULDN'T  
MORE PERFECTLY FIT THEIR MISSION
STATEMENT, THEIR CAUSE FOR  
BEING, OR THE MESSAGES THAT COME
OUT HERE TIME AFTER TIME AND  
WHAT ONE WOULD PRESUME WOULD BE 
LAYING DOWN THE PREDICATE FOR 
THE HEART BEAT BILL ITSELF. 
HERE'S ANOTHER ONE RIGHT TO LIFE
. 
THEIR TWEET THAT COMES OUT IT.
SAYS, I HAVE A HEART BEAT.
IT'S A BABY -- OUT. 
IT SAYS, I HAVE A HEART BEAT. 
IT'S A BABY.
I CAN FEEL PAIN.
DON'T I DESERVE HUMAN RIGHTS? 
YES.
AS SOON AS WE CAN POSSIBLY  
PROVIDE THEM AND STOP THIS  
CARNAGE OF ABORTION, DON'T I  
DESERVE THE HUMAN RIGHT TO LIFE?
IS WHAT THIS QUOTE IS.
PUT OUT BY RIGHT TO -- NATIONAL 
RIGHT TO LIFE.
AND GOING ON TO ANOTHER TWEET.
THIS ONE IS IN NOVEMBER 2017. 
THERE'S A CONTINUUM HERE. 
THAT BRINGS THIS THING THROUGH  
TO 2017.
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE'S TWEET  
THAT SAYS, DID YOU KNOW AN  
UNBORN CHILD'S HEART BEAT STARTS
AROUND 20 DAYS INTO A PREGNANCY,
MOST MOTHERS DON'T EVEN KNOW  
THEY ARE PREGNANT BY THAT TIME. 
NOT EASILY DETECTABLE.
NOT DETECTABLE BY THE TECHNOLOGY
THAT WE CALL FOR IN THE HEART 
BEAT BILL.
BUT THAT'S HOW EARLY THAT IS. 
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS PUT UP A  
BILLBOARD THAT SAY, MY HEART  
BEGAN BEATING AT 18 DAYS. 
WE ALL START SMALL. 
ABORTION STOPS A BEATING HEART. 
HEART, HEART, HEART.
IT RINGS IN OUR CONSCIENCE IT.
SHOULD RING IN THE CONSCIENCE OF
-- CONSCIENCE.
IT SHOULD RING IN THE CONSCIENCE
OF NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE.
HEART BEAT, HEART BEAT, HEART 
BEAT, HEART BEAT, HEART BEAT, 
HEART BEAT. 
WHY NOT SUPPORT THE HEART BEAT  
BILL? 
YOU TILELY ARE DOING SO VERBALLY
HERE -- YOU ACTUALLY ARE DOING  
SO VERBALLY HERE. 
YOU BUT -- BUT YOU GO BACK TO 
THIS, NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE  
DOES NOT -- YOU WANT TO SAY 
OPPOSE. 
THE NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE WANTS
TO SAY OPPOSE, MR. SPEAKER. 
BUT INSTEAD I SAY IT'S MORE 
APPROPRIATE TO SAY THEY DO NOT  
SUPPORT THE HEART BEAT BILL.
WHY?
IT'S BEYOND MY COMPREHENSION HOW
AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS THIS 
KIND OF CONVICTIONS CANNOT BE 
SUPPORTING THE HEART BEAT BILL. 
WE HAVE POLLING THAT TELLS US 
WHERE THIS STANDS.
IT'S A MAJORITY OPINION ALL THE 
WAYS A CROT -- ALL THE WAYS A 
CROT THE BOARD. 
IN A -- ACROSS THE BOARD. 
IN A POLL TAKEN IN 2017, 69% OF 
ADULTS SUPPORT THE HEART BEAT 
BILL. 
ACTUALLY IT'S SLIGHTLY MORE, HAS
SLIGHTLY MORE POLLING SUPPORT 
THAN THE PAIN-CAPABLE BILL  
THAT'S ALREADY PASSED THE HOUSE 
AND JUST FAILED IN THE SENATE 
BUT WITH A MAJORITY VOTE. 
69% OF ADULTS SUPPORT THE HEART 
BEAT BILL.
86% OF REPUBLICANS. 
55% OF DEMOCRATS. 
EVEN PRO-CHOICE/PRO-ABORTION  
DEMOCRATS, THEIR PEOPLE THAT  
VOTE FOR THEM SUPPORT, SUPPORT  
THEM, ALSO SUPPORT THE HEART  
BEAT BILL, WITH WHAT WE'D CALL A
SUPERMAJORITY, EXCUSE ME, NOT A 
SUPERMAJORITY, BUT A LANDSLIDE  
LEVEL IF IT WERE AN ELECTION. 
86% OF REPUBLICANS SUPPORT IT.
55% OF DEMOCRATS. 
61% OF INDEPENDENTS SUPPORT 
HEART BEAT. 
WE'RE GETTING DOWN TO THE PLACE 
HERE WHERE IT'S MAKING EVEN LESS
AND LESS SENSE THAT NATIONAL  
RIGHT TO LIFE WOULD NOT SUPPORT 
THE HEART BEAT BILL.
THERE'S ANOTHER BIG SET OF  
REASONS HERE. 
MR. SPEAKER, THIS ISN'T THE 
WHOLE SET OF REASONS. 
THIS IS MAYBE HALF. 
MAYBE NOT QUITE HALF THE SET OF 
REASONS.
NOT ONLY 170 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
HAVE SIGNED ONTO THIS BILL AND A
GOOD NUMBER OF THEM THAT WILL 
VOTE FOR IT ON THE WHIP CARD ON 
TOP OF THAT, BUT 130 PRO-LIFE 
ORGANIZATIONS AND LEADERS 
SUPPORT THE HEART BEAT BILL,  
H.R. 490. 
YOU CAN'T READ THIS FROM VERY 
FAR AWAY BECAUSE WE TRIED TO JAM
AS MANY NAMES ON THERE AS WE  
COULD AND THERE'S ANOTHER SHEET 
BEHIND THIS, AT LEAST, AND  
PROBABLY ANOTHER ONE BEHIND 
THAT. 
130 PRO-LIFE ORGANIZATIONS. 
WE LOOKED DOWN THROUGH THAT.
WHO ARE WE MISSING? 
I COULDN'T COME UP WITH ANYBODY 
THAT WE WERE MISSING AS FAR AS  
SUPPORTING THIS OTHER THAN  
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE. 
ON TOP HERE, HERE'S THE SUSAN B.
ANTHONY LIST. 
WE'LL PUT THAT AT THE TOP OF THE
LIST. 
HERE'S TONY PERKINS AND THE 
PRESIDENT OF THE FAMILY RESEARCH
COUNCIL.
THESE ARE THE TOP THREE 
ORGANIZATIONS RIGHT HERE THAT 
ARE -- SOME HAVE REFERRED TO AS 
THE HOLY TRINITY THAT CONTROL 
PRO-LIFE LEGISLATION AND WHETHER
IT COMES TO THE UNITED STATES 
CONGRESS OR NOT.
WHETHER THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE  
CAN BE REALIZED IS BEING RIGHT  
HERE IN RED.
WE PUT THIS IN RED. 
I HELD THIS BACK. 
RESERVED THIS SPOT ON THIS  
SHEET.
FOR CAROL TO BUYS OF THE  
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE -- TOBIAS
OF THE NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE.
JUST PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL 
THE SPEAKER IS ALL THAT CAROL 
TOBIAS NEEDS TO DO. 
AND THE HEART BEAT BILL COMES TO
THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE. 
AND THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE CAN  
BE REFLECTED. 
AND IT CAN GO OVER TO THE 
SENATE. 
AND IT CAN SIT ON MITCH 
MCCONNELL'S DESK AND THEY CAN 
HAVE A VOTE OVER THERE AND WE'LL
FIND OUT WHERE THOSE SENATORS 
ARE.
IF IT DOESN'T PASS ON THE FLOOR 
OF THE SENATE, THERE MIGHT BE 
SOME NEW SENATORS SENT IN THAT  
WILL PROTECT INNOCENT UNBORN  
HUMAN LIFE. 
SO I CAN GO DOWN THE LIST.
LYLA ROSE, THE PRESIDENT OF LIVE
ACTION, A STRONG SUPPORT, 
ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORTER OF THE 
HEART BEAT BILL.
TOM, MARCH FOR LIFE.
WE SAT DOWN AND HAD A 
CONVERSATION. 
HE SUPPORTS THIS. 
THEN WE HAVE KRISTEN HAWKINS, 
THE PRESIDENT OF STUDENTS FOR 
LIFE. 
ON DOWN THE LINE. 
ANITA STABER, PRESIDENT OF THE  
LIBERTY COUNCIL.
ED MARTIN, THE PRESIDENT OF THE 
PHYLLIS SLAFFLY'S ORGANIZATION, 
EAGLE FORUM.
HE'S THE EAGLE'S PRESIDENT. 
HE'S SOLIDLY IN SUPPORT OF HEART
BEAT. 
IN FACT, HE WAS THERE IN THAT 
CHURCH THAT DAY THAT WE PUT THIS
PLAN TOGETHER AND HE'S BEEN A 
DRIVING FORCE.
BUT THE REAL STRONGEST DRIVING  
FORCE OF ALL IS JANET PORTER, 
THE PRESIDENT OF FAITH TO 
ACTION. 
JANET PORTER REALLY CARRIED THIS
IN THE STATE OF OHIO. 
I WENT TO OHIO TO HELP CONCLUDE 
THAT. 
WHAT WE FOUND OUT IN THE STATE  
OF OHIO IS THAT NOT ONLY DID THE
HEART BEAT BILL PASS IN OHIO, 
MR. SPEAKER, BUT IT PASSED OVER 
THE RESISTANCE OF THE LOCAL 
AFFILIATE OF THE NATIONAL RIGHT 
TO LIFE.
AND THEY WILL TELL ME AND DAVID 
TOLD ME THEY'RE NOT IN CONTROL  
OF THEIR STATE ORGANIZATIONS. 
YOU HEARD CONGRESSMAN GOHMERT 
ADDRESS THAT ALSO.
THAT THE STATE ORGANIZATIONS  
KIND OF RUN THEIR OWN SHOW. 
BUT WHEN IT WAS RESISTED IN 
OHIO, IT MADE NO SENSE AND THEY 
LOBBIED TO GET JOHN KASICH TO 
VETO THE BILL.
WHY?
UNDER THE GROUNDS THAT IT WOULD 
BE FOUND UNCONSTITUTION ALBIE 
THE SUPREME COURT IN OHIO --  
UNCONSTITUTIONAL BY THE SUPREME 
COURT IN OHIO.
SERIOUSLY?
DO WE GO THROUGH ALL THAT WORK  
AND DECIDE WE'RE GOING TO 
PREEVERYONE A COURT DECISION, --
PREEMPT A COURT DECISION, SIGN  
IT INTO LAW, AND SAVE THE 
BABIES' LIVES?
EVERY STEP WE TAKE ALONG THE WAY
SAVES LIVES.
AND KEITH ROTHFUS MADE AN 
ARGUMENT THAT I WANT TO GIVE HIM
CREDIT FOR. 
HE SAID, EVEN JUST DEBATING THE 
HEART BEAT BILL SAVEGS LIVES. 
BECAUSE -- SAVINGS LIVES. 
BECAUSE THE DEBATE CAUSES PEOPLE
TO TALK ABOUT IT, TO THINK ABOUT
IT DIFFERENTLY AND TO MAKE  
DIFFERENT DECISION ABOUT IT'S 
LIVES THAT THEY ARE IN CHARGE OF
PROTECTING AND THAT'S THE 
INNOCENT UNBORN LIVES.
AND SO HERE WE ARE WITH 130 
PRO-LIFE ORGANIZATIONS AND  
LEADERS SUPPORTING THE HEART  
BEAT BILL, H.R. 4906789 WE LOOK 
DOWN THROUGH THIS LIST -- H.R.  
490.
WE LOOK DOWN THROUGH THIS LIST, 
I SAVED THE SPOT UP HERE IN RED 
FOR CAROL TOBIAS AND DAVID  
OSTEIN AND THE NATIONAL RIGHT TO
LIFE. 
JUST GIVE US A CALL.
SEND ME AN EMAIL, A TEXT. 
PICK UP THE PHONE.
CALL THE SPEAKER. 
WE'LL MOVE THIS BILL AND WE'LL  
SAVE LIVES TOGETHER.
AND MEANWHILE, IF THAT DOESN'T  
HAPPEN, I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO
ASK THE QUESTION. 
HOW IN THE WORLD CAN YOU NOT  
SUPPORT THIS BILL?
HOW IN THE WORLD CAN THE  
NATION'S PREEMINENT PRO-LIFE  
ORGANIZATION, NATIONAL RIGHT TO 
LIFE, WHO SAYS THEY DO NOT  
OPPOSE THE HEART BEAT BILL, AND 
I SAY THEY DO NOT SUPPORT THE 
HEART BEAT BILL, HOW CAN THAT 
BE? 
HOW CAN YOU FORM 50 PEOPLE ON A 
BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ALL OF THEM 
PLEDGED AND DEDICATED TO YOUR 
MISSION STATEMENT TO PROTECT  
LIFE FROM THE BEGINNING OF LIFE 
TO NATURAL DEATH? 
AND NOT FIND ONE AMONG THOSE 50 
THAT SUPPORT THE HEART BEAT 
BILL? 
WHEN 170 CO-SPONSORS ARE ALREADY
ON IT HERE IN THE HOUSE OF  
REPRESENTATIVES, AND MULTIPLE 
OTHERS ARE STANDING UP READY TO 
VOTE FOR THE BILL.
AND NOT ONE AMONG YOU?
NOT ONE AMONG YOUR BOARD THAT 
SUPPORTS THE HEART BEAT BILL. 
THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG.
THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG INSIDE  
AN ORGANIZATION.
MAYBE THOSE STATEMENTS CAME BOTH
FROM CAROL TOBIAS AND DAVID 
OSTEIN. 
MAYBE THERE WERE A COUPLE ALONG 
THE WAY.
THERE'S A LITTLE CLAUSE IN  
THERE.
BUT GENERALLY THIS. 
WHO ON YOUR BOARD SUPPORTS THE  
HEART BEAT BILL?
CAN'T NAME ANY. 
THAT'S ESSENTIALLY IT.
IF THAT'S THE CASE, MR. SPEAKER,
THEN THERE'S SOMETHING SERIOUSLY
WRONG IN THE NATIONAL RIGHT TO  
LIFE. 
AND SOMETHING THAT SERIOUSLY  
NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED BECAUSE 
THERE ARE BABIES WHO MUST BE  
PROTECTED.
IF A HEART BEAT CAN BE DETECTED,
THE BABY IS PROTECTED.
AND WE NEED THE SUPPORT OF THE  
ENTIRE PRO-LIFE COMMUNITY IN  
ORDER TO GET THIS LEGISLATION 
MOVED OUT OF THE HOUSE AND OVER 
TO THE SENATE TO THE PRESIDENT'S
DESK. 
IT WILL EVENTUALLY GET BEFORE 
THE SUPREME COURT.
WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE ONE OR TWO 
MORE APPOINTMENTS TO THAT 
SUPREME COURT.
IT'S GOT A SHOT TODAY.
IT'S CLEARLY MORE CONSTITUTIONAL
THAN THE PAIN-CAPABLE 
LEGISLATION BECAUSE IT'S  
PRECISELY DRAFTED WITH THESE  
THINGS ALL IN MIND. 
IT'S A SOLID CASE TO GO BEFORE  
THE SUPREME COURT.
I WOULD SAY INSTEAD THERE'S NO  
REASON TO LITIGATE IT, BUT I  
KIND OF THINK IT WILL BE BECAUSE
THE ENEMIES TO LIFE LITIGATE  
EVERYTHING THAT SAVES AND 
PROTECTS LIVES. 
. 
THESE BABIES ARE TOO MIRACULOUS.
I WANT EVERY LITTLE BABY THAT 
HAS A HEARTBEAT TO HAVE THAT  
CHANCE TO BE BORN.
THAT CHANCE TO LIVE, TO LOVE, TO
LAUGH, TO LEARN, TO WORSHIP, TO 
BE A PATTERN OF ITS OWN AND BE A
GIFT OF GOD TO THIS COUNTRY AND 
THIS PLANET.
THAT'S THE MIRACLE OF EVERY 
LITTLE CHILD. 
AND CONGRESSMAN GOHMERT TALKED  
ABOUT HOLDING HIS LITTLE GIRL IN
HIS HAND AND NOW HAS GROWN INTO 
A WOMAN WHO IS CONTRIBUTING TO  
SOCIETY AND THIS WORLD THAN THAT
IS AND GIVE GLORY TO GOD. 
AND 60 MILLION. 
THEY HAVE TO PUT AN END TO THE  
ABORTION. 
AP THERE IS ONLY ONE ENTITY 
STANDING IN THE WAY AND THAT IT 
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE AND I  
PRAY YOU WILL COME AROUND TO  
SUPPORT THAT. 
AND IT'S TIME NOW TO GET ON THE 
BILL. 
MR. SPEAKER, WITH THAT, I WOULD 
CONCLUDE AND YIELD PACK THE BALL
APS OF MY TIME. 
THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE  
GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK THE 
BALANCE OF HIS TIME.
MEMBERS ARE REMINDED TO DIRECT  
THEIR REMARKS TO CHAIR. 
