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  • 6/30/2025
In House floor remarks on Tuesday, Speaker Johnson spoke about the three-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision.
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00:00now by our very distinguished Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, and I yield whatever time
00:06he seeks to use. I thank you, my friend, for your many years in this arena, defending the sanctity
00:12of every human life. And I rise this afternoon to mark this historic, life-saving anniversary.
00:17Three years ago today, the Supreme Court corrected an egregious and tragic error and affirmed an
00:25undeniable truth that was originally affirmed in our nation's birth certificate, the Declaration
00:29of Independence. That truth is that every single person is made in the image of God, and they are
00:35thus bestowed with inestimable dignity and value. And our value is not related in any way to the color
00:40of our skin or what zip code we live in or what our talents are or what our hobbies are, our aptitudes.
00:48It's all irrelevant because our value, our intrinsic value, is given to us by our Creator. That's what
00:54the framers of this grand experiment in self-governance believed. The Dobbs decision, which moved the
01:00question of regulating abortion to the people's elected representatives, reversed 50 years of
01:06inhumane social engineering and has saved hundreds of thousands of innocent lives in the process.
01:13Susan B. Anthony, Pro-Life America, estimates that post-Dobbs, pro-life policies have now saved
01:19more than 200,000 lives annually. That means at least 200,000 more babies every year are being given
01:28the blessing of life, the opportunity to be born. How profound that is. So on this very joyous,
01:36life-saving anniversary, we remember the more than 63 million who were never given that opportunity to
01:43live, and we vow to continue building a culture of life and advancing policies which protect
01:48the sanctity of every single human life. My friend Chris Smith, again, I salute you as the chairman
01:56of our Pro-Life Caucus and for all your work for so many decades in this arena, and I thank you for
02:01hosting this special order hour this afternoon. I yield back. Thank you.

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