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Letter to Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House; Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader; Hon. Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader; and Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader - Lucas Joins Colleagues to Oppose the Repeal of the Hyde Amendment

Letter

By: Jerry Carl, Mo Brooks, Steve Womack, David Schweikert, David Valadao, Michelle Steel, Doug Lamborn, John Rutherford, Gus Bilirakis, Brian Mast, Drew Ferguson, Barry Loudermilk, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Mike Bost, Jackie Walorski, Greg Pence, Jacob LaTurner, Thomas Massie, Clay Higgins, Bill Huizenga, Tim Walberg, Michelle Fischbach, Vicky Hartzler, Trent Kelly, Greg Murphy, Dan Bishop, Kelly Armstrong, Yvette Herrell, Elise Stefanik, Steve Chabot, Bill Johnson, Troy Balderson, Kevin Hern, Cliff Bentz, Fred Keller, Mike Kelly, Jr., William Timmons, Diana Harshbarger, John Rose, Dan Crenshaw, Kevin Brady, Ronny Jackson, Chip Roy, Roger Williams, Brian Babin, Burgess Owens, Morgan Griffith, Bryan Steil, Mike Gallagher, Liz Cheney, Frank Lucas, Donald Young, Mike Rogers, Robert Aderholt, Rick Crawford, French Hill, Paul Gosar, Andy Biggs, Doug LaMalfa, Jay Obernolte, Young Kim, Ken Calvert, Lauren Boebert, Ken Buck, Neal Dunn, Kat Cammack, Bill Posey, Daniel Webster, Vern Buchanan, Greg Steube, Carlos Gimenez, Buddy Carter, Andrew Clyde, Jody Hice, Marjorie Greene, Ashley Hinson, Russ Fulcher, Mike Simpson, Mary Miller, Darin LaHood, Jim Baird, Victoria Spartz, Trey Hollingsworth III, Tracey Mann, James Comer, Jr., Brett Guthrie, Andy Barr, Steve Scalise, Garret Graves, Jack Bergman, John Moolenaar, Fred Upton, Jim Hagedorn, Barry Moore, Gary Palmer, Bruce Westerman, Debbie Lesko, Mike Garcia, Darrell Issa, Matt Gaetz, Mike Waltz, Scott Franklin, Byron Donalds, Austin Scott, Rick Allen, Randy Feenstra, Rodney Davis, Jim Banks, Larry Bucshon, Ron Estes, Hal Rogers, Mike Johnson, Peter Meijer, Lisa McClain, Peter Stauber, Sam Graves, Michael Guest, Virginia Foxx, Patrick McHenry, Donald Bacon, Lee Zeldin, Tom Reed II, Brad Wenstrup, Bob Gibbs, Dave Joyce, Markwayne Mullin, Dan Meuser, John Joyce, Nancy Mace, Ralph Norman, Jr., Tim Burchett, Mark Green, Van Taylor, Michael McCaul, Randy Weber, Sr., Troy Nehls, Michael Burgess, Blake Moore, Rob Wittman, Jaime Herrera Beutler, Scott Fitzgerald, David McKinley, Tom Emmer, Blaine Luetkemeyer, Jason Smith, Matt Rosendale, Richard Hudson, Jr., Ted Budd, Jeff Van Drew, Nicole Malliotakis, Chris Jacobs, Bob Latta, Mike Turner, Anthony Gonzalez, Stephanie Bice, Lloyd Smucker, GT Thompson, Jr., Jeff Duncan, Dusty Johnson, Scott DesJarlais, Louie Gohmert, Lance Gooden, Kay Granger, Jodey Arrington, Beth Van Duyne, John Carter, John Curtis, Ben Cline, Cathy Rodgers, Tom Tiffany, Carol Miller, Ann Wagner, Billy Long, Steven Palazzo, David Rouzer, Madison Cawthorn, Adrian Smith, Andrew Garbarino, John Katko, Jim Jordan, Warren Davidson, Steve Stivers, Tom Cole, Scott Perry, Guy Reschenthaler, Joe Wilson, Sr., Tom Rice, Chuck Fleischmann, David Kustoff, Pat Fallon, August Pfluger, Pete Sessions, Tony Gonzales, Michael Cloud, Chris Stewart, Robert Good, Dan Newhouse, Glenn Grothman, Alex Mooney
Date: Jan. 26, 2021
Location: Cheyenne, OK
Issues: Abortion

To Speaker Pelosi, Republican Leader McCarthy, Majority Leader Schumer, and Minority Leader McConnell:

We write to express our unified opposition to Congressional Democrats' efforts to repeal the Hyde Amendment and other current-law, pro-life appropriations provisions. As part of their pro-abortion crusade, Democrats have taken direct aim at these long-standing, bipartisan protections that generally prevent the federal government from using taxpayer dollars to support abortion procedures.

Repealing these pro-life provisions would destroy nearly half a century of bipartisan consensus. Each year since 1976, Congress has included Hyde protections in annually enacted appropriations. No president in American history has ever vetoed an appropriations bill due to its inclusion of the Hyde Amendment.

Moreover, President Obama maintained the Hyde Amendment in each of his budget proposals. As recent as June 2019, former Vice President Joe Biden supported the Hyde Amendment and acknowledged that it works harmoniously with federal funding for women's healthcare.

Years of public polling indicates that repealing the Hyde Amendment is opposed by most of the American public. Congressional Democrats now seek to further erode public trust in government by ignoring mainstream public opinion in favor of placating the radical Left.

The Hyde Amendment alone has saved the lives of over 2 million innocent babies and continues to protect the conscience rights of a vast majority of Americans opposed to publicly funded abortions. We cannot allow the Hyde Amendment and other important pro-life safeguards to be decimated by Congressional Democrats. Accordingly, we pledge to vote against any government funding bill that eliminates or weakens the Hyde Amendment or other current-law, pro-life appropriations provisions.

Sincerely,


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