On the recordMay 13, 2015
I was not planning on speaking today. I didn't put my name on the list to speak today. I was actually sitting in my office, listening to the debate about this bill, and I started thinking of my three children. I started thinking about the decisions that we have to make in order to protect them, and I am disappointed that there is even opposition to this piece of legislation. I want you to know that we, as adults, have a voice. We are able to speak. We are able to speak in opposition to things, but we have children who do not have a voice. Those babies whom we know can feel pain do not have a voice. Now, I want everyone who is watching today--because I am not trying to convince my colleagues--to think of their children, to think of their nieces, their nephews, their grandchildren--the ones that they love. Would they inflict this kind of pain to keep them from coming into the world? We have a moral obligation in this country to protect life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It is time that we do our job--life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Tennessee has 1 minute remaining, and the gentleman from Tennessee has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining.
