Chris Smith: “Mr. Speaker, this on my left is a picture of Tracy Marciniak holding her son at his funeral. She met with me. She met…”

“Mr. Speaker, this on my left is a picture of Tracy Marciniak holding her son at his funeral. She met with me. She met with other Members. The gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Chabot) just spoke of this, to tell us what happened to her and to her son Zachariah. Minimum time was given to the attacker, her husband, and there was no penalty whatsoever imposed for the killing of this little baby. Tracy has written to Congress, and I hope you all stand up and take notice, and said ``Congress should approve the Unborn Victims of Violence Act. Opponents of the bill have put forth a counterproposal, known as the Lofgren amendment. I have read it,'' she goes on to say, ``and it is offensive to me because it says that there is only one victim in such a crime, the woman who is pregnant. ``Please hear me,'' she goes on to say. ``On the night of February 8, 1992, there were two victims. I was nearly killed. Little Zachariah died. ``Any lawmaker who is thinking of voting for the Lofgren `one-victim' amendment should first look at this picture of me holding my dead son at his funeral. Then I would say to that Representative, `If you really think that nobody died that night, then vote for the `one-victim' amendment.' '' Mr. Speaker, the Lofgren amendment stripped of its surface appeal trappings and enhanced penalty does have one proabortion strategic objective, and that is denial.…”