>> increasingly we are in a global world and i think particularly when you get telecommunications, we need to consider what's going on in other countries. i think that particularly in the spectrum were all the spectrum harmonization is critical for the next generation. it's going to make it eisel faster, cheaper and we are going to be a will to reach more people as we work together, so i am a big believer towards with other countries on the harmonization of spectrum and i think we are the leader of the free flow of information, and i think that we need to continue to work together with other nations on those ideas. >> is the itu the right model? >> the itu has been a traditional very helpful in telecommunications as we looked toward the internet world again i feel a part of the beauty of the internet is that it's not regulated so why worry about seeking internet issues to the internet.

that takes it to a more regulatory regime which can lead to places we don't want to go to reduce the mcnair did not tell baker one of the five fcc commissioners, think you for being on the communicators. we appreciate it. eliza krigman, politico. thank you. >> anti-abortion activists were in the nation's capital today to mark the anniversary of the supreme court 1973 roe v wade decision

abortion opponents were on the national mall earlier to protest the anniversary of the 1973 roe v wade supreme court ruling that legalized abortion in the united states. speakers include members of congress and religious leaders.

this is about two hours. ♪ what so proudly we hailed ♪ ♪ at the twilight's last gleaming ♪ ♪ whos' broad stripes and bright stars ♪ ♪ through the perilous fight ♪ ore the ramparts we watched ♪ were so gallantly streaming ♪ and the rocket's red glare ♪ the bombs bursting in air ♪ ♪ that our flag was still there

♪ oh say does that star spangled banner ♪ ♪ still ♪ or the land of the free ♪ and the home of the brave [cheering] >> welcome to the march for life, 2011 triet [cheering] ladies and gentlemen, i want to introduce to you now nellie

grey, president of march for life. >> welcome to the march for life, everyone. look at the beautiful weather we have today. [cheering] we had a three short time we wanted to put a lot of people on and so forth but we had some restraints on how much time we could have, so we are going to get right into the life of principles and the work that we came to do on this day, the 23rd annual march for life. to begin with, -- and therefore, we are coming in here is why we are the march for life today. we are reminding our officials that an estimated 3,000 innocent preborn children are being killed every day in america, and

that adds up to 50 million, or an estimated more than 50 million innocent preborn children killed in our country. this is an evil in the same country which has in our declaration of independence that we have an inalienable right to life in doubt by our creator. it's also we'll learn from the nordenberg trials to the genocide is a crime such as this is a crime against humanity and cannot be made legal. we ask our government, we come to our government in washington, d.c.. we ask our government to overturn roe v wade now! [cheering] something like an incremental strategy that has been used to

protect our country, but the strategy has gone on for 38 years, 50 million preborn children have been killed. it would be evil if there was only one child killed and therefore we come to protect all innocent pre-born and borneman b.c. right to life, existence at fertilization. no exceptions and no compromise. we stop the genocide now. [cheering] and so, to begin, to begin our program today, we want to introduce the roman catholic bishops for a comment and also -- give me that comes before.

the opening prayer, archbishop -- [cheering] he will have several here and they will be introduced also by the cardinal. [cheering] >> thank you. thanks. much. welcome all to the march for life. i am archbishop kansas city, kansas. you are no longer in kansas. [laughter] and i am also a member of the u.s. bishop pro-life committee. it is my honor to open the rally

in prayer on behalf of the catholic bishops in the united states. this year rather than having a big group on stage, the large number of bishops attending the march are out there with you. they are people. the bishops want to be able to march with their parishioners and with you to go to their elected representatives. so most are not up on the speech with us today. but in a crowd this vast it is a challenge to find our groups. so we ask to be put on the beginning so we can get with them, but we do have a few with us alongside. we've arch bishop henry of hartford connecticut. [cheering] this should samuel of fargo north dakota. [cheering]

bishop murray of youngstown. [cheering] and i representing the cardinals tonight who was the celebrant of one of the masses, the chairman of the committee could not be here for this event because he is with the young people. so let us pray. lord, creator of life, you have blessed us with the privilege of bringing new life into the world. open our hearts and minds to recognize your special gift of children and your great love for each of us created in your image and likeness. help expecting parents to welcome the priceless gift of their child's life. consul parents who have lost that gift through abortion and lead them to forgiveness and healing through your divine mercy. teach us to cherished and to care for family and friends

until god calls them home. help us never to see others as burdens. a week in the hearts of judges and justices. it may never used their authority to the price the people of this country our right in protecting innocent human life. by our elected officials to defend each and every human life through just laws, in spite your us all to bring our faith in to public life and to speak for those who have no voice. plus us all as we march this day, by us as we encourage and challenge our leaders and their responsibilities to build a culture of life in our country. me our efforts be a prophetic witness that will open , change hearts and bring healing to our land so wounded by the tragedy of abortion, in spite your of the many thousands of young

people here today to become great leaders and proclaim the gospel of life. we've of the intercession of blessed john paul ii come a champion of life, and through your son, our lord save your jesus christ, we offer this prayer to you, our heavily father, the god of cizik, abraham and jacob, a amen. thanks and god bless. [cheering] >> to get the large numbers we have here. we come from every state i guess because we love our home and our

country, and our country has been known to have to fight for its existence and its principals and in doing this are supporting from every place with all sorts of energies and activities supporters of life has been and is now the ninth in columbus. yes, a big round for the knights of columbus. [cheering] they are indeed the ones helping us materially and spiritually and so forth and by putting this all together and it's because we are thinking about not only our own homes and religion and our country, but in addition, we are

thinking of ourselves as americans and we are thinking of ourselves as laughing our country and here to lead us in the pledge of allegiance supreme advocate knights of columbus. >> thank you, nellie for inviting the knights of participants and for all you've done for the pro-life cause over the past 38 years. it's an honor for the knights of columbus to principate and to stand in solidarity with all of you in the country and even from other countries to stand in support of life. before we see the pledge your would like to reflect on two very important words in the pledge of allegiance. under god. it was the knights of columbus to organize a nationwide effort in the early 1950's to insert the words underdog in to the pledge and to a successful conclusion in 1954 when the

congress passed and president eisenhower signed a bill changing the pledge to include these words. the knights of columbus along with millions of other americans recognize then as now that the words under god and the pledge of allegiance carry enormous meaning. no these words are not a prayer nor are they an establishment of religion. rather, they reflect the idea held by our founding fathers and understood by most americans for most of our history that just the governments must conform their laws and policies to natural law and objective truth. the [cheering] awards under god represent an accurate summary of this country's political philosophy and understanding of our historical national identity that has been reaffirmed thousands of times by courts, legislatures and presidents that our rights come from god, not from the states and that

governments are accountable to nature and nature as god as our founding fathers expressed it. 50 years ago this month, right behind us, the newly elected president john f. kennedy in his inaugural address summarized our common beliefs as follows. the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of god. that was a remarkable statement 50 years ago in 1961. today we give to fight to defend that principle but we are fighting and in many cases we are winning. we are winning because what we believe is true and the truth still matters. [cheering] by coming to washington today, all of you are bearing witness to the truth about the dignity of the human person and each person's god-given right to life. now will you please join me in saying the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the

united states of america. and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation under god indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. thank you. [applause] [cheering] >> you know, the reason we are trying to overturn roe v wade is because it is a wrong decision by our supreme court. it provides eisel unfortunate activities in the country, the intentional killing of human beings. and our fema this year -- theme this year is to protect the life of bourn and preboard human beings and existence at fertilization, no exception and

no compromise. now because we have the roe v wade, we have a victim's of roe v wade, and standing behind me now as you will see or a group of people who have unfortunately participated somewhere along the way in abortion and recognize that abortion is indeed evil and they are a victim, a very prime victim of abortion for the pre-born children but also for themselves, and so the silent purpose here to tell you that roe v wade is not assistance for anyone. it is evil. [cheering] >> hello everyone. i am the executive director of priest for life and the co-founder of the campaign. [cheering]

hello i bring greetings from the father frank is a pastoral director and helps with the women's healing. since founding the campaign into this country we have had over 700 gatherings in ten countries and 5,000 people have given testimony worldwide. we want you to take these stories come go to our website, silent no more awareness not work. abortion is not good for women, it's not good for the babies but it's also bad for the women. let's destroy the myth of the other side. listen to the women and come to the supreme court. thank you. here is my cofounder, god bless. [applause] [cheering] >> we are so honored to stand on this stage. these women and these men stand

here because the understand that the abortions that they chose didn't solve a problem for them, it created more problems. we are here today standing courageously with our "i regret my abortion" sign and "by three grad lost fatherhood." jesus christ on the cross has given us freedom from the guilt and pain, and our message from the campaign is to say to anybody out there if you have had an abortion you can join us. you do not need to live in the pain and shame you have lived with we are not trying to deal to anybody into feeling something they don't feel. but if you are feeling that, if deep in your heart when you hear those words apportion it feels like in life turning in your stomach like it did for me, then we want you to know help is available.

forgiveness is available. go to our website at as janet said, silentnomoreawareness.org and find the help and then you can join us in being silent no more. if you are a woman is pregnant and thinking that abortion is your only choice, please know that we will help you. we don't want you to go down the same road we did we understand abortion is eisel as nellie said from firsthand experience. take our experience and save yourself the trouble. it is not a good solution. we are the consumers of the product and here to tell you the product is not good. so listen to us. we will be at the supreme court after the march is over or as you are marching by. over 60 of these men and women are going to tell their testimony. we've got 1200 more testimonies on our website and hundreds of videos. helpless spread the message because together being silent no more will end abortion. god bless you.

[cheering] >> it's very appropriate that we have with us people from silent no more today because within the past few days, we have had several situations throughout the united states which call for our attention and prayers, and even now when i tell you the reason for our being here is to bring the principles to our government and it is appropriate to have that now because unfortunately, our president has apparently issued a statement talking about his consideration that roe v wade is a proper interpretation of our constitution.

[booing] so we are here to tell the united states president that intentionally killing pre-born children or anyone else is not appropriate interpretation of our constitution. [cheering] we are bringing of the message to you, mr. president, and we would be glad to work with you. we bring this message to you with love. we are taught to come to our enemies or to our neighbors with loved, and therefore the love that we have for you, mr. president, as the president of all of the people including the pre-born children is that roe v wade shall be overturned. [cheering]

another victim of the whole issue, someone making decisions about who should live and who should die has been experienced by the next speaker as teri schiavo's brother, paul, to introduce him. >> good afternoon pro-life america. [cheering] we want to thank nellie gray for getting us this opportunity to speak to you today. my friends, euthanasia follows abortion just as night follows day. our current administration is going to actively try to promote the killing of our sick and elderly disabled brothers and sisters. we need to let them know america does not want death panels.

they can call it by any name they want but the result is the same. it kills people. only god should have the right to take the life, not doctors, not nurses, only god. [cheering] america doesn't want death and starvation of its people. america doesn't want health care rationing. please come join us in our efforts with equal determination to fight against euthanasia as we do against abortion. i am here with a family of teri schiavo, the woman who was court-ordered to death. she has a message for you today. bobby. [cheering] >> thank you. good afternoon. i am here to tell you we are all at risk because there is a

deadly prejudice growing in our nation. just like the countless number of unborn children being killed every day, those with brain injuries, the elderly and the chronically sick are also being deliberately killed right now as we speak. every single one of us need to understand that the same people and the same organizations that are behind the abortion agenda are also responsible for untold number of persons being held by euthanasia and our nation every single day. we need to fight against euthanasia with the same determination as we do to protect the unborn child. that is why my sister teri schiavo was court ordered to be starved and dehydrated to death in march of 2005. my family established the life and hope that work to defend the rights of our disabled brothers and sisters and fight against euthanasia occurring in the

united states and abroad. please join us. we need your help now more than ever especially with our current health care debate. please go to our website, terrisfight.org and learn more about this issue that will affect every single one of us. thank you, nellie gray, for getting us this opportunity to speak to you today, and thank you to all of our pro-life friends. may god bless you. [applause] [cheering] >> we have wonderful support from the clergy and more and more becomes available to us and we are so thankful for all of the support we have. to introduce the orthodox church of america, father. [cheering]

>> thank you, nellie gray. hello, pro-life america. [cheering] it gives me great joy to introduce to you the hundreds of orthodox christians for life who have joined in to become a permanent part of the march for life. the seminary and the dean of author alexandre, house the seminary's from st. vladimir father chad, and the bishops from the church in america who've gathered here today to show their support for the march of life. i present to you the bishop of philadelphia and the dalia c's of eastern pennsylvania. bishop michael of new york and of new jersey and new york.

jericho the bishop of pittsburgh and western pennsylvania, and we have with us bishoped elect of the diocese of chicago and of the midwest. it is my joy to present to you the orthodox church of america, his be added to the most blessed jovana archbishop of washington, d.c. metropolitan of all american, the to the canada who will say a few critics to pro-life america. ..

>> there's so much that is linked with this. whether it's the relentlessness of sexual morality that has fallen by the wayside, whether it's the add vo advocacy for euthanasia, all of this is the culture of death that leads to dispair to which we must fight against. we can call it whatever we want to. we can use whatever youth niches

we want. those children, whether they are children in the womb, whether they are the sick or elderly, it's the same thing. it's murder, and we have to stand against it for the sake of our country, for the sake of our nation, for the sake of our integrity. as christians, we provide -- we have the solution for this country. as christians, we provide a way out of that culture of death and despair. through repentness, there is a way out of the grief, out of the self-hatred and despair, but we have to communicate that message to a culture that is intoxicated with its own pleasure. brothers and sisters, let us

fight against that heedennism, that selfishness which is at the very core of the destruction of our people and of our nation. it's at the very core of the self-destructive behaviors which come out of a behavior of abortion. there is forgiveness for those who have sinned. there is forgiveness and healing for those who have fallen. we stand for that as well. let us give thanks to god for this message of goodness because it's that message that our culture so desperately needs to hear. may god bless you as you continue your resistance in this

fight for the very life of our people, the very life of our nation, and may god belies you abundantly, the glory of jesus chris. [cheers and applause] [inaudible conversations] >> as i said at the beginning, we came here to bring the life principles to washington. i've already made a statement to the president of the united states as our executive branch. we all started communicating with the congress, and we have much to be appreciative of today because there are things helping us a bit. the most important thing is what can we do, and we can enact

legislation to try to stop the evil, all of it, and some of it, and here to introduce the members of the house of representatives is the honorable chris of new jersey. [cheers and applause] >> nelly, thank you for your extraordinary leadership over these years and the march for life. my wife and i are pleased to be here to join tens of thousands of people in the walk for life. ladies and gentlemen, america got another wakeup call last week with the arrest of an abortionist in philadelphia who was charged in the killing of a woman and seven babies who were aborted who briefly survived, and killed them by severing their spinal cords with a pair of scissors.

to the tens of thousands of young people here today defending the youngest people in america know the killing in philadelphia and all abortion is violence against women and children. they know the only thing, the only multibillion abortion industry produces is victims, and that women deserve better than abortions. love, honor, respect, and welcomes post aabortion women who are silent no more. our children no abuse when they see it, and we and all of us demand an abortion end in order to sanitize the abortion, the multibillion abortion industry dehumanizes and weakens the most vulnerable among us. this acceptable bigotry, this prejudice against a child in the

womb has been despited for decades even with advances in technology underscoring the fact that an unborn child is often a patient in need of care just like anyone else. despite the amazing windows to the womb with ultrasound iming, as you know when public funding is unavailable, the number of abortions drop by 25%, so last week with the full and unequivocal support of speaker john boehner and the rest of our leadership team all of whom are here, more than 135 members in all including a democrat, dan lepenski, we introduced the tax funding for abortion, a governmentwide prohibition on taxpayer sub sigh dation for

abortion and conscious attention from health care professionals. [cheers and applause] my friends, we need your help. we need your help in purr sueding -- persuading president who put abortion in obamacare not understanding a flawed executive order to get this legislation passed, and let us commit, finally today, in persevering prayer, with fasting, and hard work to ensure the human rights of all regardless of age, race, religion, disability, immaturity, or condition of dependency. god bless you all. [cheers and applause] >> good afternoon, i'm roger wicker from mississippi. [cheers and applause] it's an honor for me to be here

on behalf of the pro-life member, of the united states senate. [cheers and applause] in a few moments, you will meet a bipartisan group of pro-life house members. we're here today to say we are honored to be here at this march for life. we are honored to stand with you. you know, the crowd keeping pouring in and people continue to get off busses. this is a great outpouring from all over the united states of america. thank you for enduring the cold for the unborn today. [cheers and applause] to many of the pundits, to many observers in the press, we are a curiosity to them. they wonder why we are here, wonder why we come out here year after year and endure the cold and stand for life. i'll tell you why we are here

because rowe vs. wade was wrongly decided and rowe vs. wade led to a three decades long holocaust in the united states of america, and it amounts to a stain on our national conscious, and it's time for it to end. [cheers and applause] the fight is sometimes hard and sometimes lonely, but we are here today to say we're not going to a abandon the fight. [cheers and applause] sometimes it's defensive in nation and heaven knows we've had a lot to defend in the last two oar three years including abortion in the health care agent, the assistance bill is always a fight, taxpayer funding for abortions, we always have to defend against that. last year, we successfully

defended against an effort to expand abortion to our military clinic, and we were able to do that on a bipartisan basis and to stop that provision from being including in the authorization bill. [cheers and applause] tomorrow, we take a defensive, and i like that a lot better. tomorrow, i will be introducing the life at conception act a lot with a number of pro-life members of the united states senate. [cheers and applause] we're going to say life begins at conception, and it's time for the 14th amendment protection to be afforded to the unborn. thank you for standing with us. help us on this act. god bless you all. [cheers and applause]

>> good afternoon. i'm erik cantor, majority leader of the house. which have i stand -- i stand here with both members on both sides of the aisle. i stand here with the majority whip from california, the republican congress from texas -- the policy committee chairman, tom price from georgia, and many, many others. we stand with you for life. [cheers and applause] i want to thank all of you who have made the trip here today, and i want to salute you for coming out in this bitter cold demonstrating how strongly you feel about this cause.

i especially want to thank and recognize the eight busses that made their way up 95 from my hometown of richmond. thank you from virginia. [cheers and applause] for the past two years, the life community has suffered the consequences of being completely out of power in this town. bit by bit, we have seen unfortunately too many who tried to weaken the moral fabric of our country against the will of a majority of the americans, an agenda was jammed through congress that forces taxpayers to fund abortion and embryonic stem cell research and repeal protection from health care providers. now the tide has turned.

[cheers and applause] thanks to your support last november, there's a new majority in town. [cheers and applause] our majority has been reenergized by a strong crop of pro-life advocates with the leaders -- with the cleerdz like chris smith. we also have the biggest and the most pro-life freshmen class in memory. [cheers and applause] our majority has pledged to institute a permanent government wide prohibition on taxpayer funding of abortion. [cheers and applause] this is a big at the top of our agenda in the house.

we know we've got an uphill battle in the senate and in the white house, but i can promise you one thing, the people's house will stand unapologetically for life. [cheers and applause] we will do everything in our power to make sure that our values, that your values are reflected in the law of the land. thank you all again very much and god bless. [cheers and applause] good afternoon, i'm kevin mccarthy from california; the majority whip in the house p representatives. [cheers and applause] it may be cold out here, but i want to tell everybody's heart is warm because we celebrate the sanctity of life. i may be a member of congress, but one of my proudest moments for my wife and i is to be

parents. like many of you who cannot think of a more special moment when you first see that ultrasound of your child or see your child coo or take their first steps. we want everybody to have that opportunity. when you look at the eyes of a newborn, you know the power and grace of our maker. "everyone shall stand and confess the greatness of the miracles of god." [cheers and applause] they will realize what an amazing thing he does. as you heard from our leader, erik cantor, is this congress deciding there are no adorations. as we pursue this, the republican team in the house of representatives will stand hand in hand with you to work to ensure that not one penny of tax

dollars are spent funding abortions or abortion coverage. [cheers and applause] as we leave this place today, i would encourage each of you to never forget the words of the great congressman. he said, let the innocence of the unborn have the last word. let their innocence appeal to what president lincoln called the better angels of our nature. make it clear once again that there is justice for all even for the tiniest, most defenseless in our land. god bless. [cheers and applause] >> republican conference chairman from dallas, texas. [cheers and applause] there's a place in dallas called

the dallas preeing pregnancy resource center. great ladies counseling unwed mothers. they put little footprints on the bulletin board every time they save a life. last time i was there, there were 40 or 50 footprints on the bulletin board, and they said, congressman, we're going to buy some more bulletin boards. [cheers and applause] in small ways, making a big difference in saving small human lives. let us all resolve here in a big way to change the heart and mind of our countrymen. let them know that life is a gift of the creator, that as a matter of constitutional law, as a matter of science, as a matter of faith, there is no more fundamental right than the right to life. [cheers and applause]

god bless you for what you do today and every day. [cheers and applause] >> tom price from georgia, privileged to chair the republican policy committee. today we honor the most precious gift of life. we give voice to those who have no voice. we challenge our society to protect and defend those most innocent among us. nearly four decades sense row v wade, our fight endures because our fight is for the cause of liberty and life is timeless. there is nothing more fundamental than to defend our humanity than to defend life, so today we rededicate ourselves to protect the sanctity of life and all of the activity that

dedication peals. god bless you, and god bless america. [cheers and applause] >> good afternoon. i'm dan, a democrat from illinois. [cheers and applause] i am a democrat for life sign out there? if we are going to change this country's laws, we need to have pro-life members in both parties. [cheers and applause] it's not easy being a pro-life democrat. there are people who dent want me there, but i tell you, i have said i will never back down. [cheers and applause] i ask all of you to do the same, and i thank you for being here today. thank you for bringing your voices here to washington to help all of us. we need your help, and only by

all of us staying together, can we change the heart and minds and laws of this land to protect the most vulnerable, the unborn. as ronald reagan said, # if you diminish one category of life, the unborn, you diminish all human life. thank you for being here today, it's great to see the new pro-life generation here. [cheers and applause] we're going to keep on working on this and fighting for the unborn until our mission is accomplished. thank you, and god bless. [cheers and applause] >> good afternoon, everybody. i'm jim brenner from wisconsin. when i was chairman of the house judiciary committee, we wrote

and passed a partial birth abortion that was held unconstitutional by the supreme court. that's the only time since rowe vs. wade that the supreme court actually restricted abortions. the rest of the stuff has all been on the per riff yal. we tried last year to prevent abortion coverage and lost it the last minute because of switches of members, some of whom are not with us anymore because they sold out life. [cheers and applause] this year, we ask all of you to back hr3. this will shut the door permanently once and for all to having your tax dollars being used to fund elected abortions.

[cheers and applause] abortion is wrong, but it is just as wrong to force people who morally objected to abortions to pay taxes for this insidious procedure. [cheers and applause] that's our job in the next two years. the house will pass hr3. let's all get to work on the senate. thank you again. [cheers and applause] >> hey, welcome, warriors for life. [cheers and applause] one of the freshman class. [cheers and applause] i'm married to a beautiful pro-life woman, rachel. we have six children, and we are here with all of you. [cheers and applause] i'm pro-life not because i read it in a book, but because i lived through an unplanned preeing pregnancy and

experienced the unplanned joys that come from the joys of a baby girl. children are our nation's greatest resource. they are the circumstances in which they are conceived. you know what? you guys are out here bearing the cold weather, you and may be ignored by the media, but you know what? you are peeking truth to power. keep up the fight. game on. [cheers and applause] >> good morning everyone. my wife and i and two daughters are a pro-life family. [cheers and applause] this is a day that the lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it. which have we know from hebrews if we are per sis tent and perseverance and join the race before us, i say to all of you out there who are cold and weary, i encourage you that we

have right and we have history on our side. [cheers and applause] now, in this new year, now as we begin this new congress, be encouraged as well that we have a new freshman class in congress to gin us in the march, the race, and get us over the finish line of life. god bless. [cheers and applause] >> i'm louis gomert from the state of common sense or some call it texas. let me borrow from abraham lincoln, only do we hope, ferchtly to we pray this scorch of boring may pass away, yet if god wills an america suffers until all the wealth piles by the abortionists, 38 years of killing innocent babies shall be lost as was said 3,000 years ago, so it still must be said,

the judgments of the lord are true and right all together. with mall las towards none, chart for all, firmness in the right as god gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in to bind up the nation's wounds from abortions, to care for those who shall have undergone an abortion, and for all those suffering from those losses, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting in to the abortion test among ourselves and our communities. may god heal our land and bless america. thank you very much. [cheers and applause] >> i'm from the 5th district of ohio. i want to thank you all for being here today. your voices are going to be heard just like they were last

year: the american people spoke, and look what happened uptown here. [cheers and applause] we have a great freshmen class. i tell you what, their voices have to be heard at home, even if you know we're pro-life, just call us. we want to hear from you. you have to call everyone. get your friends and neighbors. look around you. if everybody here called ten people, think what you could do. we're counting on you. the unborn are counting on you. can i count on you? [cheers and applause] well, thanks very much, we look forward to seeing you up on the hill. [cheers and applause] >> good afternoon, i'm congressman thompson from the 5th district of pennsylvania. how many of you are from pennsylvania? [cheers and applause] all right. well, it is colder today, but you warm my heart for the unborn. this is my second term and i represent the middle part of

pennsylvania, and yes, i'm pro-life. [cheers and applause] yes, i believe pennsylvania is pro-life -- [cheers and applause] and i vote pro-life. i'm proud to be a cosponsor of the four bills we have already protecting the unborn, and i want to thank and timely yes, congress hears you. they heard you in november, and we have to seize the opportunity. thank you for being here. god bless you. [cheers and applause] >> jim jordan from ohio. you all know the old story and scripture. when the israel lites were against the philistine and the giant walked out and issued a challenge. who will fight goliath. the israel identities said he's too big, we can want fight him. david said, he's so big, i can't miss. [cheers and applause] keep truth on our side. god bless you. [cheers and applause] >> i'm jim from louisiana, great

to see you here today. as a physician, a father, and a grandfather, it's a privilege to bring life into this world. you know, you hear it said that a woman should have the right to choose. what about the right of a newborn to life, love, and the pursuit of happiness? god bless you all, and thank you for being here today. [cheers and applause] >> i'm congressman tim from michigan's beautiful 7th district. [cheers and applause] i'm glad to be back. they sent me home in 2008, but sent me back in 2010. talk about having new life. i want to stand with you because i know you stand with the unborn, you stand with people who desire life, you stand with the old people, you stand with my grand kids and my kids, but most importantly, we need to remember that we stand with the one who said the thief comes but to rob and steal and kill, but i

come to give you life, and life abundantly. stand for that for all. we're on god's side. we can't miss. [cheers and applause] >> patty. i'm pro-life congressman from texas. [cheers and applause] there was a sign that said life is god's greatest gift. america's number one goal should protect it. god bless you, and god bless america. [cheers and applause] >> maryland, where are you? [cheers and applause] yeah, maryland is a really blue state. with all those maryland people here, america is on the march for life, aren't we? thank you for coming. for 18 years now, i've been the only representative from maryland. i'm glad to tell you in the 19th

year, the delegation doubled. dr. andy harris joined us. andy? [cheers and applause] >> thank you very much. i want to say hi to my son, my daughter, and i want to thank all the students for life, the future of a movement. god bless you. [cheers and applause] >> well, thank you i'm steve from ohio. thank you all for being here. there's a buss load from senate tie, cleveland, and all over ohio. thank you for being here. let me recognize my mother who has 27 grand kids. if that's not pro-life, i don't know what is. thank you for coming here to protect and defend the sanctity of life. we need your help and it will happen. thank you all for being here. god bless. [cheers and applause] >> i'm another one from the great state of ohio. how are you doing? [cheers and applause] hey, i am so proud to stand with

you today looking out across the sea of humanity here and all the faces of the young people. it tells me that you get it. i don't know whether you've heard this or not, but what you're hearing today is not a political statement. it's a passionate statement, a statement that says we stand in favor of life. we're going to stand and proclaim the sanctity of life. you're going to be able to count on me and all the rest of these talking, but you keep doing what you're doing because what you do is as important as what we do. god bless you. let's protect the unborn. [cheers and applause] >> from the state of missouri -- [cheers and applause] six children, and this is the 11th march i've seen and probably the best one yet because we got about four times

more congressmen here. [cheers and applause] tonight, if you were to fly over korea, you would see a sharp contrast. in the south, there are lights. in the north, darkness. our early founders dreamed of a shining city on a hill, a light to people around the entire world. it is our -- is our nation going to be according to that dream a nation of light or be a nation of darkness? our founders asserted that there is a creator who grants all of his children inalienable rights first of which is the right to life, and it's the purpose of government to protect life, and if government fails to protect life, government is a failure.

[cheers and applause] today, the abortionists among us still snuff out life. the little lights that are extinguished leave us darker. we will not cease in our enterprise until every tiny little light can shine in safety, and until we restore the dream that we should be a shining city on a hill. god bless you all. [cheers and applause] >> i'm greg harper from the great state of mississippi. welcome, you look great. let me tell you that under the leadership of our governor, many pro-life laws have been passed. they designated mississippi as the safest place in the united states for an unborn child. [cheers and applause] we've gone from seven abortion clinics to one that is now part time. let's stay in the fight.

which have >> hello, everyone. i'm chuck, a freshmen from the great state of tennessee. [cheers and applause] thank you for coming out in the cold. look around at your friend and neighbors from all 50 states. the united states of america is the greatest nation, the world has ever seen. we are one nation under god, and we will stay that way, but i will say this, i will say this, something mars our great conscious, and that's roe vs. wade. it was a bad law then, it is a bad low now, and we will get rid of it in our lifetime. go back to your towns, cities, villages and look hard rt do not give up the fite. look at your friends and

neighbors, we're on the right side of the issue. the rights come from god, and that's what the great united states is here to protect. god bless you, and god bless the united states of america. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> good afternoon, i'm steve, one the freshmen, and i'm from florida. how's everyone doing today? [cheers and applause] it's great to see you. you warm my heart. three years ago, our family, we found out that my sister-in-law carroll and brother shane were going to expect a baby. we were thrilled to add to our numbers, and i'll tell you, when we found out that michael was going to be born with down syndrome, that did not stop our excitement. [cheers and applause] we began to pray that god would prepare our hearts, that we would be everything that he needed us to be, to be the

family, so blessed, so lucky, so fortunate to be the one that michael would come to live with, and i will tell you when he was born, we prayed god for his blessings for we know and believe in god's word for i knew you when i formed you in your mother's womb according to jeremiah. according to psalms you are wonderfulfully and fearfully made. i i believe that. as a country we hurt and experience pain because of our disregard for life. with life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. we can obtain that only when life is secured. god bless you and this great nation. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> good afternoon, i'm martha

representing alabama's second congressional district. [cheers and applause] i am unapologetically pro-life. i, too, believe that we are fearfully and wonderfulfully made, that each of us were knit together in our mother's womb by our awesome god. i want to say thank you to my sweet family member who is here today, rebecca. i want to tell each of you thank you so much for making the journey here today to defend those who can't defend themselves. keep up the good fight for the unborn. god bless each of you. [cheers and applause] >> good afternoon, i'm mike from the great state of kansas. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause]

kansas -- [cheers and applause] kansas has been for so many years a battleground on the issue of life. kansas has been a place where there's a central focus. we always know this in kansas, that the right of life can't be given to by the member of congress or taken away from you by nine folks on the supreme court. [cheers and applause] we know life comes because he gave us life and made us in him image. thank you so much for coming out here today. god bless you all, and let's keep up the fight. thank you all. [cheers and applause] >> good afternoon, i'm marlin from the great state of indiana, and i brought my pro-life team, my wife, christie, our son, payton, and our youngest son presston, and i want to give a

shoutout to the county in indiana who traveled out tonight to be here today. i'm a freshmen congressman, and this is an amazing sight to see, and i want your picture from up here, okay? payton. i believe that this generation -- [cheers and applause] i believe that this is a generation to see the overturning of roe vs. wade because we are winning in the hearts and minds of america. we may not win all the dime in washington, d.c., but across this country, we are winning. keep up the fight. god bless you. [cheers and applause] >> hello, i'm bobby schilling from illinois' fighting 17th. this is my wife christie of 24 years, and together we have 10 children. [cheers and applause]

the day after the presidential election, two of my daughters came to the room and asked who won, and when we told them, they started to cry. when they left the room, i said to my wife, we got to do something. here i am. [cheers and applause] when our friends from the other side tell us they want the right to choose, please, challenge the sentence for them. the right to choose, kill their unborn chill child, we have to stay focus, keep the faith. there's a planned parenthood in our area. there's also a -- what is it? a woman's choice center. i always have to have my better half with me, but i got to tell you, the lady when i visited

there what they do is bring women in who are looking to have an abortion, and they had one and they were doing the sonogram, and the baby was just laying there, and all the sudden before they are done, the baby put on a show for mom, and that baby is born today and is 18 years old. keep the faith. we have to get this done. stay focused. god bless you. god bless america. [cheers and applause] >> good afternoon, ken from kansas -- [cheers and applause] >> it's a real honor to be here with my wife and four adopted children. how about a shoutout for adoption? [cheers and applause] yeah as you can see, our

children don't look like us, but these are the children that planned parenthood doesn't want. can we stop planned parent hoot? yes, we can. yes, we can. the state of kansas in 1850 was called bloody kansas. today, we are at the heart of the struggle for life. in 1850, the supreme court decided black people were not human. they decided young people aren't human. we are here to change this nation, and we will change our country. yes, we can. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> hi, everyone, i'm jeff from nebraska, and i'm pro-life. [cheers and applause] i'm so sorry, my own five children are not here with me, but as i look out at you, i know

one thing. you are the new generation of pro-life leadership. you are the new generation of civil right leaders. you know that women deserve better than abortion. you know that abortion is not health care, and you know that abortion takes lives # and distorts the genius of wormhood. -- womanhood. not too long ago being pro-life was just kind of accommodated. now, it's a mission. city with us. help us. thank you for coming and thank you all for being pro-life. god bless. [cheers and applause] >> hi, bill forest from texas. [cheers and applause] today reminds me of a story about johnson from my hometown of bryan, texas. he was the directer of two yores of planned parenthood. she was watching an ultrasound and decided she had to leave, and later on she submitted our res flags, walked across the

street, and worked for a coalition for life in bryan, texas. [cheers and applause] like ab by johnson, each of us are faced with a decision, and it should be our decision to protect, defend, innocent lives of all more thans including those of the unborn. thank you, and god bless you. [cheers and applause] >> good afternoon, i'm frank and i represent the great state of new hampshire. i'm a member of the freshmen class and proudly calls himself pro-life. we do have the biggest freshmen class that is pro-life, and the other thing we get to do from new hampshire is make sure that every candidate who runs for president assures us that they will protect life and defend life. help me in new hampshire elect a president who will overturn roe

vs. wade. thank you all very much. [cheers and applause] >> i'm jeff landrey from louisiana. thank you. thank you for taking to the streets and marching for the sanctity of life, praying for the unborn, thank you for your inspiration. always remember that all human beings are created equal and are endowed by our creator with certain unalienable rights among which is the basic right to life. thank you, thank you. [cheers and applause] >> hello, i'm from the great state of tennessee and the mountains and until two years ago, i was practicing medicine. i'm an obstetrician and gynecologist and delivered almost 5,000 pro-life babies. [cheers and applause] i found out it worked well when

you deliver your own voters. it works out very well. [laughter] the great tragedy, the great tragedy of two weeks ago in tucson, the first scheduled event i had following that was a pro-life march in tennessee on a cold day like today. we prayed for the injured, those who died, and for the unborn. i will make you this solemn promise. with every breath left in my body, i will fight for life. will you join me? [cheers and applause] god bless you and thank you so much for being here. [cheers and applause] >> thank you very much. i'm steve pierce from knack, one the freshmen coming here to defend life. [cheers and applause] the most courageous agent of a single individual is not to participate in the lie. thank you for not participating in the lie, and it is not a

lie. thank you very much for that. [cheers and applause] >> you know when the israelites came out of e gent, they spent 40 years in the december ser. my friends who worked 40 years and counting, it's time to get out of the wilderness. i will guarantee god will lead us across the jordan river and turn away from not just funding abortions, but the practice itself. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> good afternoon, everybody. i'm randy from illinois. it is great to be with you today. i am one of almost 100 new freshmen sent here on mission. we have been cement with a mission to fight for life, to fight for truth. almost # 0% of us -- 90% of us are pro-life.

that is exciting. [cheers and applause] i'm here to follow in the great footsteps of a mentor of mine from illinois. i'm going to fight for him, fight for life, and together, standing together with god's help, we will come back here one day and celebrate victory. god bless you all. [cheers and applause] >> i'm steve king from iowa, and [cheers and applause] we are pro-life america. [cheers and applause] for 38 years, americans have come here to pray and march for life. thomas jefferson said a generation is 19 years, that's two generations that have been year. millions of americans come here k # make friends, march, and go across america and do the same. we will see the end of roe vs. wade in our time. which have you have elected a pro-life congress, and now we

need to elect a pro-life president and a pro-life supreme court, and we're coming back here to celebrate the end of roe vs. wade and getting back the sanctity of life. god bless you. >> good afternoon, everybody, i'm from the great state of illinois. [cheers and applause] proudly one of four pro-life freshmen elected from president obama's home state. [cheers and applause] i'm here to deliver one simple message. this loud, ram bunk, exited class is here to fight the fight with you. which have -- [cheers and applause] we will not be quiet. you are the inspiration. you are the movement. keep rolling, keep marching, and things will come our way. god bless.

[cheers and applause] >> hello, i'm victory haarslar for the great state of missouri, and i'm proud to represent the 4th district and also the vast majority of american women who are pro-life. [cheers and applause] we are the mothers of this country, and we respect the value of life, and we have one message for a certain woman who was speaker of the house last year. she does not represent us. [cheers and applause] we will prevail in this tide, and with as long as we do not get weary and if we keep up, we shall reap the harvest, so thank you for coming. let's keep on keeping on. we can do this. thank you. [cheers and applause]

>> good afternoon, i'm anne marie from the great state of new york. [cheers and applause] after spending 30-plus years in the pro-life movement, i am so proud to stand here among you. you are the hearts and the souls of the pro-life movement. don't give up. keep on fighting. understand the difference you make in your country. we are blessed to have you here today. thank you for making the trip down. thank you for your commitments to the right to life, the most fundamental right we have. god bless you, and god bless the united states of america. [cheers and applause] >> i'm congressman bill, a freshman member from the second district in michigan, and yes, michigan loves life. [cheers and applause] well, not only am i a proud

freshman member of the congress, but proud husband to natalie and proud dad to five great kids in michigan. we have been involve involved in this. my church is a right to life, my wife is on the pregnancy center board, but i have to tell you this is an awesome sight. to see this many people, i took a picture, i'm putting it up on the facebook. how many people were there? we have proof right here, folks. [cheers and applause] i know it's cold. you have been out here a long time, but there's a lot of us. isn't that a good problem to have? [cheers and applause] that's right. but, you know, it's not about young and old. it's not about rich and poor. it's not about catholic and protestant. it's not about christian versus jew. this is about doing right veer sus wrong. we are here to speak for those

who have no voices. keep up your fight. [cheers and applause] >> good afternoon i'm lee terry from nebraska. [cheers and applause] thank you for being here. when u see you hear, i see the values of america are represented. we all know that the greatest civilizations have a moral code that recognizes humanity and humanity is recognizing life from conception to natural end. that's what we need, and i want to thank you for being here to fight the fight. we know you got our backs when we are up here, and we got yours when you are home. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> i'm james langford from oklahoma, and i'm honored to be pro-life. as a feshman, i am one of them.

we stand here to represent and will be standing up to say this country is inherently pro-life, and we need to speak like it is and move forward and show that it really is. [cheers and applause] next nay senior thing is to be able to communicate to a generation who is so careful to not throw away a plastic water bottle, but will throw away an infant, we should say to them we have common sense and look at the womb. that's not just a fetus, but a baby. we need to stand with them and say that's life. stand with us on this. it's an honor to stand with you. [cheers and applause] >> good afternoon, i'm steve from ohio. what i want to know from everybody else out here is how do we get all the noticey people from kansas up front up here?

that's what i want to know. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] okay, okay. i'm a freshmen sort of. i was here for 14 years and went home for two years, and i'm back. one of the things i'm particularly proud of in the 14 years i was here is being the author and principle sponsor of the ban on partial birth abortion. [cheers and applause] it is now the law of the land, and you know, chris smith, one the first speakers up here, i know there's a lot of us, and we're almost done, but chris smith talked about that horrendous case about that doctor in philadelphia who destroyed these innocent human lives, and he's being brought up on charges, and the newspaper article i saw it on back home called it a house of horrors. well, i got news for you. what happened in these abortion mills around the country, they

are all houses of house of horror, every one of them. i'll conclude with this. last saturday, two days ago, january 22nd, of course was roe vs. wade day. it's an important day to me too because it's the day i was born. every year, i can't help but think on that day how many innocent unborn lives have been snuffed out because of that horrendous decision, and we are going to reverse roe vs. wade in the country, and it's going to start right here. [cheers and applause] so god bless each and every one of you for being a part of this. it's so important, and please stick with it. never give up. we will prevail. god bless each and every one of you. god bless your families, and yes, god bless the united states of america. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> good afternoon, i'm dan null

webster from the great state and sunny state of florida. [cheers and applause] i served in the state legislature and i was interviewed one time by a reporter who was doing an in-depth study of the pro-life movement. she asked questions about my mom, dad, faith, and my business. at the end she said i have a last question, and that's this. given all these things i talked to you and asked you about, when is it that you became pro-life? i told her at conception. [cheers and applause] thank you for coming today, and for honoring life that does begin at conception. keep up the work. god bless all of you. [cheers and applause] >> i'm congressman trent franks from arizona. you know, recently the president gave a speech. he said all of us should do everything we can to make sure

this country lives up to the expectations of our children, and i believe that to be true, but, mr. president, we cannot do that while we stand by and watch 4,000 of them be killed every day. mr. president, there is nothing liberating about killing our children. mr. president, america has not yet fore saken her unborn, and in two more years there's another election, mr. president, and by the grace of god, we will see roe vs. wade fall in the ashes of history. [cheers and applause] god bless you all. [cheers and applause] >> i'm congresswoman jean smith from southern ohio. where is ohio? you know, ladies and gentlemen, this fight did not just start 38 years ago. when people like barbara and jack from cincinnati, ohio said everybody has the right to life including the unborn.

this cite started well over 150 years ago when folks like elizabeth stanton, susan b. anthony, sarah norton, and alice pall who fought for women's right, the right to vote, the right to own property, the right to run for public office, and the right of the unborn to have life. elections have consequences. you have given me girl power. we have eight new republican pro-life women. thank you. [cheers and applause] keep up the fight. two years from now there's another election. let's continue the pro-life trend and make this whole town pro-life. god bless you and the usa. [cheers and applause]

>> i'm mike, i'm from i understand, and i'm pro-life -- from indiana and i'm pro-life. we gather with hope in the shadow of a new pro-life majority on capitol hill. [cheers and applause] ..

will not stand for long. you know there could be no lasting prosperity without a moral foundation of the law, and as the focusing on spending what we agree. let's start by hot denying all federal funding for abortion at home and abroad. [cheering] one more item on spending, the largest abortion provider in america should not also be the largest recipient of federal funding under title ten. the time has come to deny any and all funding to planned parenthood of america. [cheering] thank you for braving the cold

one more time and saying to the heart of our national government we will fight on for life. we will fight on for the unborn and the broken hearted. we will fight because we know as thomas jefferson said, god who gave us life gave us liberty. and god is just and his justice cannot sleep forever. and we know this: we will win this fight because the deepest desire of every mother and child to the coffers to protect their child even at the cost of their life, and the american people will need this right. we will restore this in the flight to the center of american law because every american knows in their heart this is the greatest nation on earth because we acknowledge the god-given right to liberty, the pursuit of happiness and a fee on a legal right to life. thank you. god bless you.

[cheers and applause] >> i am thadeus michaud her from the great state of michigan and alumnus of the try catholic central high school. [cheers and applause] first, coming from michigan, on a truly have to say that i am enjoying the warm weather here in washington. [laughter] and on a more serious note, we understand that the right to life is not a republican or democratic issue. it is a human issue. so today before you, and to my constituents in michigan's 11th congressional district who have entrusted me in this office to serve them ali reaffirm my commitment to defending innocent human life and creating a

culture of life here in the united states. thank you all for what you do. god bless you. [cheers and applause] >> good afternoon. i am a congressman from alabama's fourth congressional district. [cheers and applause] it is great to see so many pro-life congressmen here. [cheers and applause] let me just say this, we are for a new day in congress with of these newly he elected members of congress who tell you life and want to protect life. thank you for standing up for life and being out here today. there are rallies held all across this country. i had the privilege to be in alabama over the weekend and speak at a pro-life rally. there are marches being held across the country, but most fall, thank you for the prayers that you pray for the unborn. it makes a difference. thank you for bringing for this congress and legislators across the country that make the decision and the protection of the unborn.

may god bless each and every one of you and may god bless america. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> good afternoon, pro-life america! i'm mark kelly from pennsylvania, part of the stealer nation. [cheers and applause] i'm with my grandson george, my granddaughter, vivian, and my wife, vicki. in 1776, thomas jefferson said we hold these truths, all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. if we knew in 1776 hauer important life was, we certainly know in 2011 that the same thing holds true. while the temperature may be cold, our hearts are warm and our passion is hot. god bless you and god bless

america. [cheers and applause] >> perhaps the greatest moral issue we face in this nation is the killing of 4,000 babies every day. god cannot and will not bless this land while this is going on. we have to stop it. we have to stop it now. [cheers and applause] i am appalled now from georgia, represent the 12th congressional district. [cheers and applause] when i was elected to congress i promised the first bill i would introduce was the sanctity of human life act. it was and will be until we stop this tragedy and this horror that is going on in america. but the greatest political force in america today is in the body in the first three words of the u.s. constitution: we've people.

you will stop abortion. talk to your senators, talk to your congressman, did your friends, everybody to demand that we passed a personhood bill so that those pressures on born children, human beings, will have the right to life and be protected as you and i are. that's going to be the key. it's up to you. will you join me in fighting to get the right of personhood to those on born children? will you! [cheers and applause] we've got to do it. go to work. god bless you. [cheers and applause] >> congressman chris smith again. briefly to make an introduction to the fight to defend the unborn child and their mother from the exploitation of abortion is global as you know. lawmakers everywhere are engaging in a fight. we have many today. we are privileged to hear from

dr. anna, the chairwoman of the european parliament of women's rights and gender equality committee. a great defender of life. doctor? [applause] [cheering] >> [speaking in native tongue] i came here with my husband and our grandson, oliver come to bring you a lot of greetings from pro-life organizations from slovakia and several countries of the european union. [cheers and applause] but i came from europe to tell you also that europe is dying out. our population is shrinking, and our government are not doing anything to change that.

there are many people in europe who believe family and career is a fair choice. to many people who think pregnancy is an illness and motherhood should be treated as a disability. every abortion is an example of how society has failed to meet the needs of women and children. but if we do not care about our most vulnerable members of society, our society will not be here today, not tomorrow. our government, and this is true about europe and is so much about the united states of america, our government spends billions of dollars to stop climate change. how much we spend to help mothers and fathers [inaudible]

while taking care of a baby yet to care more about people. what every woman who chooses abortion, we have to ask why. and we have to address the issue, and i invite also from the so-called pro-choice count let's work together here because their must be a way in. women deserve a choice here. it is the evolution of our time. it is an evolution for motherhood and family. god bless america, god bless your family. thank you. [cheering] >> thank you >> this looks like such a great

day. hell are you feeling, have we gotten to the congress of the united states? [cheers and applause] y pledge now to the members of congress who have come to be with us today and give us support we will give them support, too. i am interested in all of us coming together, the pro-life groups coming together and reducing one bill that overturns roe v wade, and then i pledge the support of all of you in getting your members of congress to sign on to that bill to overturn roe v wade. where do you stand on this? [cheers and applause] also, someone who is getting support throughout the march for

life is pastor luke robinson from church and frederick maryland. [cheers and applause] >> god bless america. let the people of god say we will overcome and we will overcome jury -- very soon. there must be no retreat, no troops and no going back words. we must move forward, and we must do it now. the word of god says if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, pray and seek my face and turn away from their wicked ways, i will heal you in heaven, for gifts. that is the promise of god. [cheers and applause] in the recent november 2010 elections, the american people

resoundingly stated that they were pro-life. we voted in record numbers and every level to replace those who supported the killing of innocent preboard children by a terrible procedure, abortion. we must not retreat now. we must move forward. we must stand our ground. there is no ground whatsoever or retreat or truce. we must hold our elected officials on the feet to the five-year. evin fees' young freshmen congressmen who are saying they will support life. we will give nobody a pass card because life is too valuable. we will hold them to the fire. with the republican, democrat or

whomsoever. there are those like governor haley barbour of mississippi and governor mitch daniels of indiana who are saying that there ought to be a truce. we say to them when you're going to truce you all right. they are calling for a retreat on social issues like the issue of life of the pre-born. these republican men i understand have an aspiration to become president of the united states. they must be stopped before they get to the gates. they must not be given the slightest opportunity to extend the killings of the unborn at any cost. the killing of children by democrats, republicans, tea party members or anyone else is totally unacceptable.

we do not need another president who is insensitive and blind to the moral and social issues. [cheers and applause] president obama in the last two years in office has put many abortionists who year after year will still be their working. we must move with dispatch and find someone who is in love with the culture of life and hates the culture of death. [cheers and applause] human life, human life is made in the image of almighty god and must be protected every step of the week. and every level. there must be no exception, and their must be no compromises. made for us to be silent, to be

quiet on this issue of abortion. the question must be asked: how can we be silent when the market statistics on abortion from new york city held up that we are headed for destruction in this nation as a people we have lost our way. how can we be silent when the and godly facts on new york city showed that 41% of all pregnancies in new york city ended in death? how can we come back when there are 60% of all african-american pregnancies in new york city ended in abortion? how can we be silent when 40% of pregnancies in the hispanic community in new york city were aboard it? how can we do something else

when 72% of the pregnancies of 17-year-old girls were in did in the death of a child? [cheers and applause] when it comes to the african-american community in new york city out of every 100 pregnancies 60 children by and 40 live. that's a tragedy. mr. president, that's a tragedy! koln chris, that's a tragedy! we're is the president of change and? where is jesse jackson? where is al sharpton? where is the naacp? where is the black congressional conference? and where, for god sake, is the

african-american church and the pastor? abortion is killing our nation. its impact on women of all races devastation. women are suicidal just to mention a few problems. a few weeks ago a woman of a page called me and she said i was depressed. she said she had a psychologist and a psychiatrist. she said she has been by a nose as being manic depression and bipolar. i asked after talking for a while if she ever had an abortion. she responded yes i have but i don't like to talk about it. i said why don't you like to talk about it? she said because i am under the impression that the child may not have gone to heaven. i said is there any other reason you may be upset about having the abortion? she said yes, i can't have

children now. abortion is not a friend to america. it's not a friend to women. it's not a friend to anyone. we must stop this in its tracks. no exception! no exception! [cheers and applause] this is not an isolated place for this young woman. there are many among us, build millions of their suffering from the lobby that abortion is a non-hershel procedure. we must stop the lies and start the healing process. i told that woman there was healing. america, there is healing, but you've got to know that there is a problem. you've got to know that this is wrong. we must stand up and there is no retreat! [cheers and applause] deer is a crowd of folks out there, america, that meets the truth that we cannot stop until we are healed.

we must see to it that no others are added to these terrible statistics. no, america, we will not be silent, and no, america there will be no truth to this until it is removed from the land. those that keep the record say that we have killed over 53 million children in america since roe v wade supreme court decision of 1973. the one blood of the innocent is crimes asking the question how long before justice will be rendered? how long will we find the killing of human life by organizations like planned parenthood and other abortion facilities? how long will the tax payers money do vicious things? when the justice rolls down like a mighty river may this congress, and i conclude, may this conference have the guts,

have the guts to defund planned parenthood. [cheers and applause] and you and i are going to keep the five-year on this. we must not let them go. we must keep the fire on this. stop attacking human life in all capacities to lead and made this country -- me this congress make abortion illegal once again and this country. god bless america and happy is the nation whose god is lord. [cheers and applause] >> is our government listening to us today? they should. the president is right there.

the congress has been here. the supreme court, listen to us. and now all i welcome the young people who are going to help in pulling ourselves together as the generations ago from generation to generation. we have a student program. here our student contest winners are here with us. thank you, nellie. ayman member of the doherty and it's my pleasure to introduce the contest winners in the poster. our high school winner meghan dorcy. our middle school winner [inaudible] our poster when our high school, amy fly. finally the poster winner junior high, francesca payne.

they represent you out there. thank you. >> av your friend, a great supporter, is with us and you know him also. >> shalom, pro-life america. [cheers and applause] god bless you, and god bless nellie gray. kofi longevity. i want to give a shout out to michael who 32 years ago brought me to speak to my first march for life. with the baby killing situation we are seeing the kevorkian the birth. this is a continuum of those who devalue pre-born through partial birth abortion which the late

senator moynihan called murder. the liberals and, socialists who championed the killing of the people in the murder agenda don't connect the dots. when ultimately dr. kevorkian them or their loved ones. god act measure for measure and this evil of abortion are often signing their own adult death sentences. that is the lesson of kevorkian and the culture of death. my friends, for 2,000 years millions of jews sit on the ground for the destruction of the temples and the loss of life. we need to put the limitations which includes a freeze of compassion that mothers who slaughtered their own children. i urge now at this moment all those who can to join me in

sitting on the ground for 15 seconds in silence, prayer and contemplation to commemorate the hundreds of post bourn murdered babies and the 50 million pre-born visa aborted. i asked you to show america the cold morning and when we cry out later don't lower the microphones. ten seconds. thank you. perhaps we have a spiritual share in the def of those babies. king david solomon 32 pledges to god he wouldn't sleep in his own bed at night until he found an address for broad's temple. we sleep in our beds comfortably as babies are being slaughtered, pre-born and post bourn.

how many of the used today get a day off from school with a bus ride to d.c. so one day a year. thank you very much to the youth. but it's not enough. it's not enough. you've got to be doing it everyday, every week. many adults, religious leaders, they do things once or twice a year. we've got to do a whole lot more civil disobedience. as thomas jefferson said, resistance to tyranny is obedience to god. how about those of cost jews and christians who give lip service opposition to the defunding planned parenthood, funding of abortion legal because it remains illegal because we are afraid of losing the money for the hospitals were the social service agencies or chastity programs which are included

intentionally in the same bill with which we want to defund planned parenthood. the 501c3 cannot compete for the babies. [cheers and applause] i want to teach you how to be motivated to do more for life. you've got to imagine that the beebee being aborted is your brother, your sister, your son, your daughter, your grandchild. imagine the pain that child is feeling as he tries to move away from the knife and the saline solution. motivate yourself. i understand and focus on the true evil and let's save more babies. we call upon the speaker boehner to defund the 350 million tax payers' dollars paid out yearly to planned parenthood. [cheers and applause] how are we going to do this?

i'm telling you, congress is so sick sometimes you can cut it with a knife. listened come speaker boehner, please don't allow the budget item of planned parenthood to appear in committee. it shouldn't even at year. have a strong hold a pro-life conference committee to keep it out of the reconciliation process. let 35 republicans we will not vote to pass any budget which contains any money for planned parenthood. [cheers and applause] speaker boehner, leader kantor and tea party members, if we only prioritize spending issues and not defunding abortion and deviance in the military, we

will lose god's crease militarily and financially, morally and socially. join me. defund planned parenthood now. [cheers and applause] say it. [chanting "defund planned parenthood now!] lisa and gentlemen, i will conclude by asking president obama, who is trying to impose his mark of cain, the first killer on our whole country. mr. president, what do you call the e.u. elimination of 50 million pre-born these? do you call it mass murder? do you call it genocide? do you call it slaughter. what should we call someone who votes to withhold medical care

from a [cheers and applause] who survives a botched abortion? there is something wrong. my dear friends come to you want to know why the pro-life movement is somewhat static rather than more dynamic? because yesterday christine harkin of student for life and who sponsors the alliance defense fund had no room at the end for myself and other rabbis representing 850 rabbis under the alliance for america. i was forced out by to hotel security people. never did the liberals or the abortionists do this to me. we are owed an apology. we have been siding with life for 32 years. there is something wrong with the childish behavior as a nellie gray said we've got to get together and unify. we have got to have unity and maturity. finally, i want to come and speak to your community.

i want to get out to your colleges, christian schools. contact me by the thousands. its lead in the game. rabbilevin.com. if you sign the pledge on godreignoverus.com blease where we will not vote for pro-abortion, provenience officeholders, if we do this and in the next year we get five or 10 million signatures, we will be heard. join me at the end of this march, where i will stand with a great individual who wants to show the pictures of the babies on tv at the super bowl, he wants to use the election to do that and i say 501c3 or not, i as a human being have the right to endorse a great pro-life champion, and i urge each and every one of you to start

running a pro-life campaigns get sort now for congress. we want to have 100 people running for pro-life office in the republican and democratic party. join me in supporting. god bless you and god bless america. thank you. and now chauffeur. [cheers and applause] do you think obama heard that? do you think john boehner heard that? and the walls will come crumbling down. god bless you. [cheers and applause]

>> we are a little bit over time and which is wonderful. i can't see the end of the people, the line of people pass around 11th street. i don't know how many people we are today but we are in great numbers, and the reason we are here in great numbers is i had so many people to thank for all the work that everybody has done held in the states and kuran washington, d.c.. and for now we will have the closing prayer. >> thank you, nellie. in the name of the father and son and holy spirit, amen. as we conclude our historical and invigorating and define

sanctified program, let us about our heads in prayer to the lord. we begin the march for life and we say thank, lord, for the sunrise of today, think you for the breath of life, for the grace to open our eyes to see the beauty of creation. thank you, lord, for the things seen and unseen. we march and pray soften the hearts of our leaders, the 44th president of these united states, barack obama, the congress and the senate and the supreme court to see that all citizens born and unborn have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness and must be protected. we begin the march for life and we say lord, we have come to the nation's capital as citizens and

sons and daughters of the greatest country on earth. we have come to reclaim the halls of justice to the very steps of our supreme court, to 1600 pennsylvania avenue and to say that life is sacred from the moment of conception. from my christian tradition and the orthodox church for over 2,000 years we believe and teach the dignity of human life and that life has been sanctified in the darkness of the womb by the virgin birth within and created a life of christ. goebel of mary becomes more spacious than all the have been. the incarnation of christ is the incarnation of a word of god. it is the incarnation of love. so the unborn in the womb are

already adorned with the image and likeness of god. every bird is bringing each person from non-being into being, ceiling each person with a design and the infinite love. we teach he, jesus, is the light of life, true god of god, there for every birth is a unique expression of god's love for humanity. and with this divine love, we embraced today the young and the old, the rich and the poor, the healthy and the sick, the marginalized and the victimized, we embrace the black and white, the religious and then on religious. we come together in this march as the people of god, and we come to be the last people of good will come and we marched to

constitution avenue to light a candle and eliminate the darkness of rejection and despair. we come together as the march for life, for we are the great mosaic of america. today, in the hundreds and thousands gathered as nellie said, we represent the heartland of america. we are the west coast. we are the east coast, we are the north, we are the south, united in the fabric and the title of life, and we shall the bleeding nation must stop if we are to survive. we are aborting the future sycophant spiritual leaders, we are awarding the future scientists, the future doctors, we are aborting our sons and daughters. let us about our heads and march

and ask for forgiveness for a nation that is at war within itself. we pray for the founder of march for life nellie gray, for her continued good health and leadership. for all the spiritual leaders gathered today, for all of the new political leaders who have embraced the sanctity of life and its noble and divine cause with internal consequences. so let us conclude and pray to the lord. [cheers and applause] ♪ stand beside herand guide her with light from above ♪

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♪ god bless america, ♪ god bless america ♪ god bless america, my home sweet home ♪ now a hearing on

congressional oversight of new executive-branch regulations. the house subcommittee is looking at a proposal called the range act that would require a or down vote by congress on every new major federal agency will be enforced.

>> the subcommittee will come to order. i was going to welcome all of the new members to the subcommittee that mr. coats and i appear to be the only ones on board. ground rules, folks. i like to start on time and and on time and i hope that is agreeable with everybody. you are familiar perhaps with a five minute rule, and the five minute rule is not done in any way to frustrate the debate but rather to facilitate the process. our jurisdictional grounds are broad indeed and we will hustle along and do the best we can. st so when you see the red lightat that will be your signal that you're five minutes have elapsed. nutes. mr. cohen and i will not call

the u.s. marshal on you than that you need to wrap up. the five minute rule alsolso aps applies to members of the we subcommittee.ha we will ttry to adhere to that l well. i want to give my openinggi statement and recognizeze mr. cohen for his opening statement. other statements will be madeats part o wf thile record at the conclusion. er the first hearing of the commercial the administrative law and i think we are going tol have mr. smith be with us that e he's not here yet. has providede with jurisdiction over a number of important matters that i hope our subcommittee will address during the 112th congress. it might be one of the most important matters -- strike that. let me put that another way. one of the most important matters -- i've lost my place. hang on a minute.

to fine-tune our regulatory process, hence the introductory oversight hearing on the reins act. many have alleged that the obama administration has cast a cloud of regulatory uncertainty over some parts of the economy. it is no secret that our economy is still soft, perhaps even dismal, unnecessary or unreasonable regulatory burdens would continue to drive business investments in my way of thinking abroad. examples of the need for improvement are prevalent in virtually every sector of government regulation. for instance, the department of health and human services implementation of president obama's health care reform. the financial aid, implementation of the national reform bill. the epa campaign against carbon. the fda approached a herbicide and the federal communication commission drive to regulate the internet and allocate spectrum.

i only mention these examples because they are widely recognized and the fact of the matter is that fine tuning is needed across the entire regulatory horizon. our current regulatory regime has deep historic roots. since the days of the new deal and especially during the 60's and 70's congress has delegated more and more of its legislative authority to the federal agencies. this has been done through broad and vaguely stated laws that allow congress to claim credit for addressing problems but leaving it to the various agencies to fill in the crucial details deregulations. the final risk of the wrong decision thus falls on the agencies and, of course, the economy and america's job creators. congress too often escapes but responsibility and accountability. the republican majority that came to congress in 1994 attempted to address this problem through the congressional review act. that act, you may recall them

give the congress greater tools to disapprove agency regulations that harm the economy, destroy jobs or otherwise were counterproductive. over its history, however, the congressional review act has not fulfilled its potential. during the hundred and eight and hundred ninth congress is the subcommittee on commercial administrative law examined ways to improve the congressional review act and better assert congress's authority over legislative regulations. one of the leading and ideas for reform was to amend the act to preclude regulations from going into effect until congress actually approved them. that is precisely what the fda does for the biggest regulations federal agency issue, those imposing a hundred million dollars a more in costs on our economy. today more than ever we must consider and enact reforms that vindicate congressional authority over laws. the reins act is front and

center among those reforms. before reserving my time i would like to extend a warm welcome to our former colleague, congressman david mcintosh predicted to have you back on the hill as well as the other witnesses. mr. kaelin, i said this before they came in, but it's good to have all the members, republicans and democrats alike on the subcommittee. now i'm pleased to recognize distinguished him from tennessee, memphis, to be specific. mr. kaelin. >> thanks you, mr. chair. i appreciate that. tennessee was originally north carolina. in some ways we are colleagues beyond and here. i would like to first pay specific attention to the new members and others somehow. the ranking member of the committee, the distinguished, venerable, honorable, legendary john conyers. >> nice to be with you. >> chairman smith and all the other members on the board

serving with each of you as well. not legendary yet, but he is honorable and a few of those of the things. we will incorporate by reference. >> i did not realize that the chairman had come and. i did not mean to ignore you, lamar. mr. conyers as well. chairman, get to see you. >> high heels back. >> thank you. i would like to start offering my congratulations to mr. koppel who assumed the chairmanship of the committee. and i was chairman he was as nice as anybody to me. everybody was nice, but he was particularly nice and i was always appreciative. an outstanding ranking member. you were together nicely. i live four to seven with them. i am honored to be working as ranking member, although i'd rather be working as chairman. that's congress. today's hearing provides us with the opportunity to make the merits of h.r. 10, the regulations from the executive in the yesterday act. it also gets a chance to discuss

the appropriate role of their regulations in american life, a conversation i suspect he will continue after subcommittee. although they do not explicitly say proponents appeared to believe that almost all regulations are bad. all their arguments focus on the purported cost regulations would impose on society based on this premise we have heard rhetoric about job killing despite economic growth and impaired personal freedom. such arguments do not seem to fully appreciate the regulations can also benefit the economy but police and reckless private-sector behavior that can undermine the nation's economic well-being. came very close to in 2008, lack il regulations.

regulations can facilitatec activity by providing clarity for the regulated industries for th e applicable language may be too broad or vague and lead to unnecessary confusion or litigation. regulation can also serve values to outweigh economic growth. most importantly regulations to protect the health and safety of everyday americans including ouc children, our neighbors, our ighbor colleagues, grandparents, and ourselves and the public at large. the fact is the federal regulations help insure the safety of the food we theat, th air we breathee air we breathe, the water we drink, the products we buy, the medications are used, the cars we drive, the planes will fly in and the places we work. most americans take for granted the safety of these things because of the existence of federal regulations. the reins act friends to make it harder for such beneficial regulations to be implemented. under the act congress must approve a major role, one having an economic impact of $100 million or more, passing a joint resolution of approval

through both houses of congress. the president must then sign the joint resolution of approval before the rule can go into effect. at the most practical level i question whether the reins act would work. i've been in congress line yet to understand that the business force will not more often than not prevent us from getting true consideration and approval. even alternately enjoy the widespread support. as with the congressional review act underlying statutes that the reins act seeks to amend, this idea may seem better in the abstract than practice. a not ready to say the reins act is a good idea. i appreciate the attempt to concerts congressional control. there are separation of powers that i think been spoken to members of congress about recently. justice scalia lead that talk. can certainly be constitutional objections. we will hear from witnesses. there is a role for us, the

executives, and the judiciary. i look forward to our witness testimony, working with the chairman and our other colleagues on the subcommittee. i yield back the remainder of my time. >> at thank you, and i think you as well for your generous remarks at the opening. statements of all members will be made a part of the record without objection to rely and told that mr. smith and connors would like to make opening statements to be at recognize distinguished and a man from texas, the chairman of the full committee, mr. smith. >> thank you mr. chairman to be sticky for chairing this particular hearing which i thint important of the year. as you said, i also welcome our former colleague david mcintosh. david, i hope we get to talk more later on, but i appreciate your being here, too. the american people in november voted for real change in washington. one change that they want is to stop the flood of regulation that cost jobs and smothers job

creation. from washington and congress make them more accountable. the reins act makes the change a reality. unelected federal officials for too long have imposed huge cost and the economy and the american people through burdensome regulations. today these regulatory costs estimated to be a yearly -- nearly incomprehensible one and three quarter trillion dollars, roughly $16,000 per household. because of the officials who authorized these regulations are not elected they cannot be held accountable by the american people. the reins act range in the costly over reach of federal agencies that stifles job creation and slows economic growth. it restores the failure to impose regulations to those who are accountable to the voters, they're elected representatives in congress. the obama administration has under consideration at least 183 regulations that each would

impose cost of $100 million or more on the economy. when businesses have to spend these vast sums to comply with this massive regulation they have less money to invest to stay competitive in the global economy and to hire new employees. these costs get passed on to the american consumers. in effect these regulations amount to a stiff but unseen taxes on every american. last week in a new executive order president obama reiterated the existing authority of agencies call outdated rules from the books and consider impacts on jobs. this order sounded encouraging, but added little to the rules that already died the process of regulations. in the executive order distributive impacts and equity are specifically identified among the benefits to be maximized. job creation is not. the executive order is specifically written not to include regulations issued to

implement the administration's health care legislation. echoes of independent agencies trust to implement the french financial reform was sufficient. it will call the environmental protection agency's drive to exercise authority it was never granted. so the most burdensome and costly regulations are exempted. the executive order i hope not may have been all style and the substance. until it produces results it is just a string of empty words. we must watch what the administration does, not what it says. in 1994 congress passed the commission review at to reassert congress's authority over the relentless regulation of the federal government. the actors been used just one time to disapprove of regulation. the regulatory tide continues and rises even higher. the rains -- reins act is needed to reduce the cost of the flood of regulation, free of businesses to create jobs and

make the federal government more accountable. thank you, mr. chairman, and i yield back. mr. chairman, before i yield back entirely of would like to recognize a colleague sitting in the back of the room who has been absolutely instrumental in promoting, advancing, and writing this legislation that we are discussing today. >> i think the gentleman. the chair is pleased to recognize the distinguished cinnamon from michigan, mr. conyers. >> thank you. i join in welcoming our former colleague mr. mackintosh tackier. it is very important. and i ask unanimous consent that the author of the bill, rep davis come forward. i think he should be able to make a couple comments about the

bill. i would welcome his sitting at the table since there are only three people anyway. plenty of rumble. >> mr. conyers, we are pleased to have mr. davis come forward. i don't believe he would be eligible to comment, but we will be glad for him to come forward to the table if you .. like. >> you say he can't comment. he can't comment on his own bill? the judiciary committee, the keeper of the constitution. >> well, he was not called as a witness. that is why i made that statement. >> reins act. well, i have a