No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure
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Mr. DAINES. Mr. President, this week, folks from all over the country--all ages, all backgrounds, and all walks of life--are coming together to celebrate and highlight one of the single most important priorities of this Nation, and that is protecting the unborn.
In fact, tomorrow, nearly 100,000 of these folks will march right here in Washington, DC, at the March for Life rally. In fact, I will be speaking at that rally tomorrow.
As American citizens, I believe in our founding principle that all men and all women are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, and among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Every human life must be valued. Every human life must be protected from conception until death. We must stand to protect the most vulnerable in our society, and that includes the unborn.
I am grateful that under President Trump's leadership and the Republican-led U.S. Senate, we have delivered some of the strongest pro-life results in history. In fact, in the last Congress, this Republican-led Senate confirmed 85 conservative judges. That includes a record-setting 30 circuit court judges. We also confirmed 53 district court judges and two new Supreme Court Justices.
I remember when I left the private sector to come to public service that when the Senate put a judge on the bench, that meant these were lifetime appointments. We can pass laws here. Laws can be changed in the current Congress. Laws can be changed in a future Congress. But these judges are lifetime appointments.
Despite the great progress we have made over the last couple of years, there is plenty of work to be done. In fact, just this week, I was grateful and thankful to see 48 of my Senate colleagues join me in sending a letter to President Trump urging him to stop any legislation--any legislation--that is coming out of the House that would erode pro-life protections.
The good news is, this is a battle we are winning, and this is a battle we must absolutely win.
Thank you.
I yield back.
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