Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. Johnson. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. LaMalfa). I think we came into Congress in 2011 and it has been a pleasure serving with you. I appreciate your comments tonight on this very important issue. Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate Mr. Kelly's leadership that he is providing for us here tonight and all through the year and all through your tenure here on this key moral issue. I am glad also to join the rest of my pro-life colleagues here to reaffirm our dedication to protecting the innocent unborn. Indeed, we have cause for celebration, something that has been corrected, over nearly 50 years and over 50 million lives taken, the unconstitutional Roe decision has been rightfully overturned and the power put back to the States to a legislative process, not one decided by seven of nine on a Supreme Court. Indeed, now we can have debate and people can be accountable for their votes. The public can have input on what they think about this topic. The public is much more educated at this point than they were 50 years ago and what this really means. Every pregnancy actually results in a human life in that pregnancy. It is not something else. It is not a blob. It is not a tissue mass. It isn't going to be some other form of life or an animal--this is a human life we are talking about, and we value that and we protect that. It is constitutional to protect life in this country.…
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