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On the recordMarch 17, 1994
I think the gentlewoman who spoke last might look at her remarks when she said ``they murdered someone.'' Who does she mean by ``they?'' Does that include Jim Bunning's daughters who have rescued, or some of my children who have rescued, or Mother Teresa? It is not ``they.'' It was one pathetic murderer who shot an abortionist in the back three times, and who is now going to spend the rest of his life in prison. This, I might add, was all handled by local law enforcement agencies. Let me tell you the kind of things that bring up the passion in this issue and why it is never going to go away. As I said this morning in my 1 minute, when I was here last year on St. Patrick's Day, I said I hoped we were going to get a new grandson or granddaughter named Liam or Colleen. We got a Liam. Our grandchild No. 1, Sally's and mine, brought this to me 3 days ago. It is out of the Yellow Pages phone book in Virginia. He got it out of his phone book over in Burke. I got one out of my phone book in Fairfax. It says ``Five percent off on your abortion,'' a green coupon from the Yellow Pages. This is cultural meltdown, folks.…
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Robert Dornan
Republican · California

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Addressing remarks about abortion and violence during a floor speech.

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