Summer Lee

Let me add the Fourth Amendment to my line of reasoning as well.

Not an advertisement and billboard for abortion; it is a right to privacy under the Ninth Amendment?

Is that the right for women to choose?

Is Roe v. Wade the law of the land?

I have known people and have lived through the back-alley abortions and seen so many people suffer and die.

I respect and appreciate the differences of opinion that are in this room and among those in this audience.

I don't know if the Chairman and Ranking Member know of the interests that I have because I think security involves many aspects of our work, and that--we have no evidence of anything untoward.

I wanted to just say to the admiral but pose a question as well, first of all, thank you for the stunning and--obviously, I know you will say they were doing their duty work regarding the cargo ship off the coast of Florida during a very…

Thank you, Mr. Hurd.

Let me acknowledge the Brownsville Port, but then, of course, I have in my jurisdiction the Houston Port...

Congressman Vela has done an excellent job in this capacity and has provided great leadership on these issues for the State of Texas.

Then finally, what if cybersecurity--this article, I am sorry, Consumer Affairs dated 9/3/2015--and then 'What If A Cybersecurity Attack Shut Down Our Ports?'

When we have our U.S. special ops on the ground, you can be assured they are focused and pointed, and maybe sometimes unseen, but purposely functioning.

I happen to be a strong supporter of AFRICOM, because it was under our watch a couple years ago that we fought for AFRICOM.

I want to congratulate the newly-elected President, Mr. Buhari.

Boko Haram celebrates violence against the weak and the innocent and deplorably, they hide behind their perverted interpretation of Islam.

This war is about values between progress and chaos; between democracy and the rule of law.

Mr. Chairman, thank you very much.

Thank you so very much, Mr. Chairman, for your kindness.

Do you see any good intentions in Russia's effort to maintain that Assad must stay?

My concern, and I'll go now back to Syria. One, 2 years ago, many of us were supporting the Syrian American community...

I am not here to push abortion. I am here to push life, and the respect for women, and the Roe v. Wade legality of what we do under the Hyde amendment.

I would like to put into the record state-by-state data that indicates that through the Planned Parenthood with respect to health and 2 million patients, 371,000 pap tests and 451,000 breast exams.

The consensus came out and the panel found that it was an acceptable public policy to support transplant research with fetal tissue.

The use of fetal tissue cell lines has helped in vaccinations, normal human development in order to gain insight into birth defects and other developmental diseases.