Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023

Floor Speech

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Mr. CLYDE. Mr. Chair, I rise in support of my amendment in en bloc No. 5.

My amendment prohibits funds made available by this act to be used to promulgate, implement, administer, or enforce President Biden's radical abortion executive order number 14076.

In this executive order, the Biden administration chose to focus its attention on protecting the abortion industry at the expense of women and their unborn children. This is totally unacceptable.

This executive order is also ruled by executive fiat, and my amendment rightfully defunds it. The executive order is also a great example of disinformation. The Biden administration tried to create the Disinformation Governance Board, and it didn't do so well. Now we have it in an executive order--disinformation.

Let me be very clear. Miscarriage management and the treatment of ectopic pregnancies are not abortions. The Biden administration's executive order simply creates fear and confusion by spreading this misinformation.

Finally, nothing in the Constitution grants the Federal Government the authority to expand access to abortion. This is a State's rights issue and must be resolved at the State level.

Mr. Chair, I urge all my colleagues to support this amendment to defund this Biden executive order promoting abortion.

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