Jeb Hensarling: “I thank the gentleman for his leadership tonight especially, of all times. Mr. Speaker, it is our highest ideal as…”

“I thank the gentleman for his leadership tonight especially, of all times. Mr. Speaker, it is our highest ideal as Americans that every human life is endowed with dignity and has value. As Americans, we have a shared responsibility to protect the innocent and defend the rights of those who are unable to defend themselves. But rather than protecting and defending this dignity, Planned Parenthood is seemingly attempting to cash in on it. Recently, shocking and appalling videos have come to light exposing senior employees at Planned Parenthood casually discussing both the harvesting and selling of organs of aborted children. These videos portray a chilling transactional approach to ending human life. Mr. Speaker, as a matter of morality, history, science, reason, and, most importantly, my personal faith, I can come to no other conclusion but that every human life begins at conception and every human life is worthy of protection. Psalm 139:13 says: For You created my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother's womb. What God has knit together, apparently Planned Parenthood wishes to crush. But that is not my word, Mr. Speaker; that is their word. You have heard it spoken on this House floor as Senior Director of Medical Services at Planned Parenthood said: We have been very good at getting heart, lung, liver, because we know that, so I am not going to crush that part. I am not sure I have ever repeated such vile and cruel words on this House floor before, Mr.…”