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On the recordJuly 19, 2022
I thank my good friend, a champion for freedom from Ohio (Mr. Jordan). There is a lot to talk about here today, but I have to comment on what he just led in with and this violence that we supposedly all decry. It is a bit of a double standard, isn't it? These care pregnancy centers are a vital institution in our country. They are in all 50 States. There are over 2,700 of these centers doing vital work every single day. They help millions of American women every year. They employ and work with over 10,000 medical professionals. Do you know what their singular goal is? It is to help women who are in difficult pregnancy situations, to help care for their unborn children. Who in the world could be opposed to that? You know what? Senator Elizabeth Warren spoke for a lot of our colleagues on the other side last week. She came out and shrieked they needed to be put out of business in her State. They needed to get rid of these centers. It is just incredible. In the debate on the rule here on this floor in the last couple of hours, I went down the litany of all those 50 occurrences--at least the ones we know about, and there are more--where violence has been perpetrated against these centers--these people who are doing extraordinary work down in the trenches to help their fellow man.…
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Mike Johnson
Republican · Louisiana
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Jul 19, 2022

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