Randy Weber: “I thank the gentleman from New Jersey, a champion for pro-life, Mr. Chris Smith. Madam Speaker, I am a father of three.…”

“I thank the gentleman from New Jersey, a champion for pro-life, Mr. Chris Smith. Madam Speaker, I am a father of three. I am a grandfather of eight. As I often say when I speak to groups that children are an extraordinary gift. As Mr. Fortenberry said, women are gifts; the children they carry within them are gifts. Why don't we appreciate them more? I often tell kids that children are the only thing God can make adults with. If we don't give Him a ready supply, you don't want Him to run out. And they always chuckle, but I always remind them that they are created in the image of Almighty God. Look to the Bible in Jeremiah 1 and you will see the quote: ``Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born, I set you apart. I appointed you as a profit to the nations.'' Children are known by God when they are in the womb of the mother. It is just that simple. Our great Nation has carried respect for life from the very moment of our founding. Our forefathers noted that we are endowed by our creator with certain unalienable rights. You heard Ms. Virginia Foxx talk about them. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is promised to each of us in our Constitution, in our Declaration of Independence; not given to us by the Constitution or by the Declaration, but given to us by Almighty God. So long as those babies have a chance to live, they can experience those rights: the right to life, the right to liberty, the right to the pursuit of happiness.…”