This resolution represents tyranny on two levels: the tyranny the Framers most feared, by the Federal Government interfering with local government; and the tyranny Americans especially fear today, interference with the most private decision they make, the decision concerning their reproductive health. Vote ``no.'' Stop this tyranny in the District of Columbia before it spreads throughout the United States. I yield back the balance of my time.
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