Chip Roy: “I want to commend my colleagues who have been down here on the floor of the House of Representatives for the most part…”

“I want to commend my colleagues who have been down here on the floor of the House of Representatives for the most part of the last hour talking about the importance of defending life, those infamous--or famous or important words, I should say, in the Declaration of Independence: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Nothing can be more important than this body focusing on defending life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; and my colleagues' focus on life, as we sit here now 49 years removed from a Supreme Court decision taking out of the hands of the people and putting it into the hands of unelected judges' decisions, about the beginning of life, when life begins, the important reality of a people defending life. What is controversial about defending life? It is a question for this body. What is controversial about defending life when we talk about life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness and when we talk about living on this Earth while God gives us the precious time we have here? What are we going to do with that time? Are we going to live free? Are we going to be able to pursue happiness? Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness: one might wonder here now 1 year into the current administration, the Biden administration, whether the average American would say that he or she is free to pursue happiness. Are we free?…”