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On the recordMay 21, 2018
I thank the gentleman and appreciate him yielding, and also appreciate Chris Smith's leadership on the pro- life issue here in the United States Congress. It takes a strong and committed force to constantly be on top of every component of the life issue every day and night. I am convinced that Chris Smith misses sleep over this, as I do and many of us do. But today, we have got something to be happy about, Mr. Speaker, and that is that the $286 million that goes into family planning and is under title X, the purpose of those funds is to help plan the number and the spacing of children. And I think that God should be in charge of that. I have long said that a solution for our society is good people need to have a lot of babies and raise them right. And once we get our social agenda right, if we get our faith right, if we get our families right, if we understand the Constitution, if we have a work ethic that is right, and if our integrity is there, all the rest will automatically take care of itself. I see these little babies when I look around in my church. Our church is just full of little ones. I had a little newborn in front of me last Sunday and I watched how the family passed that little newborn along. I saw a granddaughter shoot across the aisle to grandparents. Nobody worries. I don't worry because those kids there are going to be all right. This country always takes care of its little ones.…
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Steve King
Republican · Iowa
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May 21, 2018

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