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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 - Cole Signs Letter Demanding Protection of Hyde Amendment

Letter

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


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