Life Advocacy Briefing

Question of the Week

HOW CAN ANY ELECTED OFFICIALS defend voting against requiring medical care for living, breathing babies who have survived abortion?

 

Best News of the Week!

THOUGH AN UNEXPECTED VOLUME OF GOOD NEWS is coming out of Washington, DC, in the early days of the Trump Administration, a report out of California takes top billing, as far as we are concerned.

Nearly 10 years of official persecution of undercover investigator and video producer David Daleiden ended last week when California persecutors dropped all criminal charges against Mr. Daleiden and his co-defendant Sandra Merritt.

The pair had been prosecuted for recording and releasing video interviews of Planned Parenthood officials bragging about committing late-term abortions and peddling the victims’ harvested organs for experimentation, as well as videos of speeches highlighting the practice of organ trafficking at major abortion cartel conferences.

The investigative team “exploded to prominence overnight” nearly 10 years ago, notes LifeSiteNews blogger Jonathon VanMaren, “as America was gripped by the horror they had exposed in their reporting: abortionists casually discussing the sale of baby body parts over wine and salad, haggling over the price of tiny human organs, describing how they would crush the baby ‘above’ and ‘below’ the organs they wished to sell.”

In many jurisdictions, prosecutors would have turned their attention to stopping the horrific trafficking in baby body parts, but in California, the law was weaponized against the heroes who exposed the racket instead. And the judge in the case was known to have aided in the founding of a Planned Parenthood shop, yet refused to recuse himself.

“When hours of [the Center for Medical Progress’s] footage of abortionist shoptalk were leaked by someone in Congress,” recalls Mr. VanMaren, “I spent several days watching it and transcribing their speeches and banter. It is quite honestly some of the most chilling material I have ever listened to, and after several days of notetaking, I understood completely why the abortion lobby was doing everything to suppress it – and why they were coming after the journalists who recorded it with a vengeance.”  Mr. VanMaren goes on to detail “what CMP captured on video,” and we encourage readers to read through his entire blog entry at https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/david-daleiden-was-targeted-because-he-knew-too-much.

Included in his commentary are details about the involvement of then-attorney-general and recent Vice President Kamala Harris and recent Health & Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra in the persecution of the pro-life heroes.

We encourage readers also to check out Calvin Freiburger’s news report at https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/victory-california-drops-case-against-david-daleiden for further details. Take it from us: This is truly big news, with the threat of years of prison time and millions of dollars in fines having hung over these defendants’ heads, and it should re-open Congressional inquiries into baby body parts trafficking, not only as to Planned Parenthood’s involvement but also into federal grants to institutions like the University of Pittsburgh which have been implicated in the medical research end of the scandal.

Kudos to Thomas More Society, which represented Mr. Daleiden, and Liberty Counsel, which defended Ms. Merritt, pro bono law firms which are funded chiefly by donors and not by client fees.

 

Getting Underway

AMONG THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS signed by President Donald Trump during his first week in office were two concerning taxpayer funding of abortion and its advocacy.

The first reinstates the Mexico City Policy, which forbids non-governmental organizations from using tax dollars to promote or commit abortion in other countries. “President Ronald Reagan first instituted the policy in 1984, and Pres. George W. Bush reinstated it in 2001,” reports Calvin Freiburger for LifeSiteNews. “For decades,” he writes, “it has been taken for granted that Democrat Presidents rescind the policy shortly after taking office, and Republican Presidents restore it. Restoring the policy was one of the first acts of Trump’s first term,” Mr. Freiburger notes, “and he said on the 2024 campaign trail he would ‘consider’ bringing it back.” He’s back now, and so is “Mexico City.”

And then there’s the Hyde Amendment, adopted by Congress in every year’s appropriation measure and, according to Mr. Freiburger, “estimated to have saved more than two million lives since its adoption decades ago by forbidding most taxpayer dollars from directly funding abortions except for cases of rape, incest or threat to a mother’s life.” The Hyde Amendment was severely ignored during the Biden Regime. It had to be inserted by Congress, having been excluded from the President’s budget submissions, and the Regime found ways around it, notes Mr. Freiburger, by handing “more than $1.23 billion of American taxpayers’ money to pro-abortion groups” during the four Biden years.

“RealClearPolitics reported,” writes Mr. Freiburger, “that while flying to California aboard Air Force One, [Pres.] Trump signed two executive orders to restore the Mexico City Policy and rescind two Biden orders that launched a ‘whole-of-government’ initiative to protect abortion ‘access’ and defined abortion as ‘health care,’ making abortion centers eligible for certain health aid.”

Also during the Trump Administration’s first week, the White House, notes Mr. Freiburger, “shut down a ‘Reproductive Rights’ resource page hosted by the Dept. of Health & Human Services and put a stop to pending FACE Act prosecutions against pro-lifers with stringent new limits on future invocations of the statute.” And then the President pardoned the 23 pro-life prayer warriors who had been imprisoned by the Biden Regime, as we reported last week.

 

Halting F.A.C.E. Prosecutions

AFTER PARDONING THE 23 PRO-LIFE PRAYER WARRIORS who had been convicted by the Biden Justice Dept. for violating the “FACE Act,” reports Calvin Freiburger for LifeSiteNews, “the Trump Justice Dept. put a stop to three pending Biden-era prosecutions of pro-life activists under the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act on [Jan. 24], with stringent new requirements for future invocations of the law to prevent it from being weaponized again in the next four years.”

Additionally, Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) filed legislation in their respective chambers to repeal the law altogether.

“Enacted in 1994, the FACE Act ostensibly protects access,” writes Mr. Freiburger, “to facilities run by both pro-life and pro-abortion organizations, including abortion facilities, pro-life pregnancy centers and churches. However, conservatives have argued that the DOJ under the Biden Administration weaponized the Act to prosecute pro-life activists while only a handful of pro-abortion vandals had been arrested after a string of attacks on churches and pro-life centers in the wake of the Dobbs ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade.

In addition to stating new policy concerning use of the FACE Act, the memo from the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division “supervisory official” Kathleen Wolfe, reports Mr. Freiburger, “instructs prosecutors to ‘immediately dismiss, with prejudice,’ three pending cases against pro-life activist Calvin Zastrow, Matthew Connolly and Citizens for a Pro-Life Society.”

Said Thomas More Society litigation head Peter Breen, quoted by LifeSiteNews, “‘These cases should have never been brought, and we are thankful to the Trump Administration for righting that wrong. … While this handful of cases are now slated for dismissal, there is no shortage of on-going attacks on life-affirming ministries across the country, as pro-abortion states double down on anti-Life policies and lawfare,’ he added. ‘As these legal battles multiply in pro-abortion states, we will tirelessly continue to defend the entire pro-life movement.’”

 

Another Crack in Planned Parenthood’s Business Ops

OPERATION RESCUE HAS PUBLISHED A COMMENTARY by Anne Reed detailing the gripes of Missouri Planned Parenthood officials about “holes” in last November’s state ballot initiative which incorporated abortion into the Missouri constitution.

Litigation is underway to lock down the full implication of the new constitutional provision, and the somewhat successful efforts to quell its effects seem to have prompted resignations of some top Planned Parenthood officials in the state, most recently including the chief abortionist at the St. Louis shop. Readers are encouraged to check out the details at https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/missouri-planned-parenthood-officials-quit.

 

And More Good News!

LATE-TERM ABORTIONIST WARREN HERN has announced his retirement after 50 years in the racket, notoriously based in Boulder, Colorado. His shop will remain in business, but one of the chief braggarts of the abortion cartel will no longer be executing babies as old as 32 gestational weeks. His official retirement date: Jan. 22, 50 years to the day that he hung his shingle exactly two years after the abominable Roe v. Wade edict was promulgated by the Supreme Court.

For those readers unfamiliar with the name, we reprint here a brief section of the report by Cassy Fiano-Chesser for Live Action, dated Jan. 27, attributing this segment to a “profile in the Los Angeles Times,” which “reported that staffers working for Hern struggled: The work has caused some of his employees ‘serious emotional reactions that produced physiological symptoms, sleep disturbances, effects on interpersonal relationships and moral anguish,’ Hern reported in a medical journal. Some said they dreamed that they vomited fetuses.

“Originally in his career, Hern seemed to have felt the same way. After creating the violent dilation and evacuation (D&E) procedure, he would have recurring nightmares. ‘He would often retreat to his office to compose himself after an abortion,’ a feature on Hern published in The Atlantic said. ‘Partly, it was the high-stakes nature of the procedure. But he also needed time to process how the dead fetus looked, how removing it felt. Sometimes he’d sit in his office and think, ‘What am I doing?’ He eventually was able to get past this; now he says of committing abortions, ‘I love it.’

“It certainly pays well,” writes Mrs. Chesser. “He gets as much as $25,000 per abortion, and he built himself a lavish home in Colorado … even as his abortion facility fell apart around him. As the Los Angeles Times (seemingly unironically) pointed out: ‘Security costs and debts have become so “crippling,” Hern said, that he delayed building a new clinic. For now, he’s stuck with the 70-year-old building’s plumbing problems, finicky water heater and uneven clay foundation.’” Aww.

We encourage our readers to comb through Mrs. Chesser’s entire report at https://www.liveaction.org/news/warren-hern-retirement and to pray for those who commit abortions.

 

Keynoting the March for Life

VICE PRESIDENT J.D. VANCE WAS WARMLY RECEIVED by the huge crowd in Washington for the annual March for Life on Jan. 24. His address to the March rally was his first public address since taking the oath of office on Jan. 20. President Donald Trump appeared by video.

We plan to publish our transcripts of several March for Life speeches in subsequent editions of Life Advocacy Briefing. Readers can find Pres. Trump’s below.

 

More Capital Celebrities

U.S. SENATORS WHO APPEARED ON STAGE at the March for Life on Jan. 24 were Senators Katie Britt (AL), Joni Ernst (IA), Cindy Hyde-Smith (MS), Pete Ricketts (NE) and James Lankford (OK). House Members who waved to the crowd were Rep. Andy Biggs (AZ), Andy Harris (MD), Bob Onder (MO), Julie Fedorchak (ND), Bob Latta (OH), John McGuire (VA) and Derrick VanOrden (WI). Louisiana GOP Gov. Jeff Landry also was introduced. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ) gave an address, as he does each year; we will publish our transcript of his message in a future edition.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) was one of the keynoters whose speech transcripts we expect to publish week by week. And Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) also inspired the crowd.

 

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March for Life Speech 2025: President Donald J. Trump

             Hello to everyone at the March for Life. It’s a pleasure to speak to you from the beautiful Oval Office – that’s where we are right now, the magnificent Oval Office – and thank you for turning out once again to show your extraordinary love and compassion for the unborn. Each year Americans of every age, color and background travel to our nation’s capital by the tens of thousands to stand up for precious little babies who cannot stand up for themselves.

             I am proud to be the first President ever to have joined you in person*. As you know, this annual March started fifty-two years ago on the first anniversary of the disastrous ruling known as Roe v. Wade. That unconstitutional decision took power away from the states and the voters, kicking off fifty years of division and anger, but thanks to your tireless work and devotion across five decades, that historic wrong was set right [nearly] three years ago. I was so proud to be a participant. Six courageous justices of the Supreme Court of the United States returned the issue to the state legislatures and to the people where it belongs. It became a vote of the people. In my second term, we will again stand proudly for families and for Life; we will protect the historic gains we have made and stop the radical Democrat push for a federal right to unlimited abortion-on-demand up to the moment of birth and even after birth – think of that, after birth – and some people want that. Can you believe it?

             We will work to offer a loving hand to new mothers and young families, and we will support adoption and foster care. We will protect women and vulnerable children. Under my leadership a reformed Department of Justice will finally investigate the radical left attack on churches and crisis pregnancy centers, and we will bring perpetrators to justice; we will get them to justice one way or the other.

             I will also end the weaponization of law enforcement against Americans of faith, and I’m releasing the Christians and pro-life activists who were persecuted by the Biden regime for praying and living out their faith. I just signed that document, and they’re being released. One such American was Paula Harlow. At 75 years old, Paula was sentenced to two years in prison after praying outside of a clinic; that’s why she was sentenced to two years. That’s what happened under the Biden Regime. In her sentencing, the judge blocked her Christian faith while her husband pleaded to be thrown in jail with his wife, fearing she would die alone behind bars. This week it was my honor to grant a full and complete pardon to Paula and many others who were the victims of this horrific weaponization. Never again will religious persecution be allowed to happen in America.

             To all of the very special people marching today in this bitter cold, I know your hearts are warm and your spirits are strong, because your mission is just – very, very pure – to forge a society that welcomes and protects every child as a beautiful gift from the hand of our Creator. Thank you for never losing hope and never giving up. Thank you for your tremendous support. God bless you, and God bless America.

*His reference to an in-person appearance is to a previous March. President Trump appeared at the 2025 March for Life rally via video presentation.

 

A Remarkably Good Start

Jan. 29, 2025, The Washington Stand commentary by Sarah Holliday for Family Research Council

             The 2025 March for Life in Washington, DC, was a monumental moment for the pro-life movement – not merely because it is the largest annual gathering of people fighting to protect the unborn, but because this year’s March marked the first time both a sitting President and Vice President offered remarks in front of thousands offering their support for men, women and the unborn who are harmed by abortion.

             The March was Vice Pres. J.D. Vance’s first public speech in his new role. His message was clear: “We stand with you.” Pres. Donald Trump appeared in a video, but his message was equally impactful.

             “Your mission is just,” the President proclaimed, and it is “very, very pure, to forge a society that welcomes and protects every child as a beautiful gift from the hand of our Creator.” And these statements do not stand alone. Despite being less than two weeks into his second term, Trump has made numerous decisions that have been welcomed and celebrated by those in the pro-life movement.

             On Tuesday’s Washington Watch, Family Research Council Vice President for Policy & Gov’t Affairs Travis Weber detailed some of these “positive pro-life initiatives and actions.” As he put it, the biggest win thus far may very well be the “executive order announcing that it will be a policy of this Administration for federal dollars to comply with the Hyde Amendment to ensure that tax dollars are not being used to fund abortions.” He added that “with all the challenges of our nation and the challenges that families are facing, [this] should be a no-brainer. The hard-earned tax dollars of the American people should not be funding abortions.”

             In addition to this, Weber explained how the Mexico City Policy, which Trump implemented and expanded, “also prohibits US tax dollars from being used to fund abortions or abortion-promoting organizations overseas.” The hope, he emphasized, is that there would be a bill “passed into law that would codify that as a policy of the United States legislatively. But we’re glad that President Trump has reissued the strong Mexico City Policy, along with the Hyde Amendment executive order.”

             Outside of these actions, Weber explained how Trump’s foreign aid review also plays into his pro-life executive orders from his first week in office. “[W]e’ve been raising concerns about the use of foreign aid programs to push abortion,” he stated, “including the PEPFAR program, which has spent $100 billion since 2003, and was recently found to have funded [some] abortions in Mozambique.” But this, as Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) previously pointed out, “is just the tip of the iceberg.” According to Weber, Pres. Trump and his team had already announced “the 90-day freeze on foreign aid and have issued memos requiring review of where US dollars are being used to fund abortions or gender ideology overseas.”

             Ultimately, the goal is that Trump’s actions “will clean up everything the United States has been shamefully pushing around the world and give us a clean slate for the US to actually correct some of the black mark that’s been on our image globally.” And on the topic of cleaning up poor decisions, Weber also addressed the news that Trump, to the satisfaction of many, granted pardons for the pro-lifers who were prosecuted for peacefully protesting outside abortion facilities during the Biden Administration.

             Family Research Council president Tony Perkins added that, in addition to the pro-life accomplishments, there have been several noteworthy developments on the gender issue that bleed into the pro-life wins. For instance, when Trump announced that there are only two recognized genders, male and female, he also included “a recognition that conception is the point in which these things are determined.” According to Perkins, Trump’s executive order on this matter acknowledged that conception is “where the personhood, the idea, identity, the gender [of a person] is determined. … So, that is also a strong pro-life statement.”

             Weber concluded by emphasizing that there has been no shortage of “good announcements [on] the Life issue.” Moving forward, “we’ll continue keeping an eye on what’s happening through the administration, especially [with] the implementation of this process. … We want to make sure [America is] cleaned up of anti-family provisions to hopefully be used for pro-family provisions, both at home and around the world.”

 

WHO’s Hypocrisy

Jan. 23, 2025, commentary by Paul Batura for Focus on the Family’s Daily Citizen

             Earlier this week, President Trump announced that the US will be withdrawing from the World Health Organization (WHO), an association first established by the United Nations in 1948. A one-year notice prior to officially breaking ties is required.

             Predictably, Jeff Bezos’s newspaper [The Washington Post] calls America’s announced exit “a grave mistake” that will lead to not only more of our own citizens dying from various diseases but also the return of deadly childhood maladies around the world.

             Designated as Executive Order 13987, Pres. Trump’s directive cites “the organization’s mishandling of Covid-19, … its failure to adopt urgently needed reforms and its inability to demonstrate independence from the inappropriate political influence of WHO member states.”

             Trump’s order also notes that the United States has been paying far more than any other country, stating, “China, with a population of 1.4 billion, has 300% of the population of the United States, yet contributes nearly 90% less to the WHO.”

             Excessive dues and the mishandling of the Covid outbreak aren’t the only problems with the WHO, which is unapologetically pro-abortion. “Abortion is a common health intervention,” states the WHO. “It is very safe when carried out using a method recommended by WHO, appropriate to the pregnancy duration and by someone with the necessary skills. However, around 45% of abortions are unsafe. Unsafe abortion is an important preventable cause of maternal deaths and morbidities.”

             In fact, abortion isn’t a “common health intervention” but rather the killing of innocent life. It’s also not safe. Statistically speaking, 100% of children involved in abortion die. It’s certainly not “safe” for the child.

             Shortly after Roe’s reversal, the WHO called for the “full decriminalization of abortion” and advocated against any laws that restrict the killing of unborn children or have any gestational limits. In other words, the global so-called health organization is in favor of abortion-on-demand. How exactly does that improve women’s or the world’s health?

             The World Health Org. claims an interest in protecting and preserving every life minus the most innocent in the womb.

             Critics of the decision warn America’s departure will not only lead to a global health crisis but also create a leadership vacuum likely filled by China.

             Consisting of 194 member states, the WHO has received anywhere between $163 million and $816 million annually from the United States. With dues from other nations and ongoing fundraising efforts, the organization’s most recent budget was just over $10 billion.

             In addition to struggling to corral the Covid-19 pandemic, the WHO has been criticized for bungling the 2014 Ebola outbreak in western Africa, as well as its past failure to eradicate malaria.

             But any organization claiming to center its existence on a foundation of saving lives only to champion the killing of the most innocent surrenders any moral authority it may have one day enjoyed.

             In a statement issued from its Geneva headquarters, the WHO concluded: “We hope the United States will reconsider and we look forward to engaging in constructive dialogue to maintain the partnership between the USA and the WHO, for the benefit of the health and well-being of millions of people around the globe.”        

             If they’re truly serious about protecting the world’s health, the WHO would be wise to protect every life in the world, including babies in the womb.

 

House Voting Record

Final Passage – Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act – Passed 217-204 – Jan. 23, 2025 (Democrats in italics; new Members in ALL CAPS)

Voting “yes” / pro-Life: Aderholt, Moore, Palmer, Rogers, Strong/AL; BEGICH/AK; Biggs, Ciscomani, Crane, Gosar, HAMADEH, Schweikert/AZ; Crawford, Hill, Westerman, Womack/AR; Calvert, FONG, Issa, Kiley, Kim, LaMalfa, McClintock, Obernolte, Valadao/CA; Boebert, CRANK, EVANS, HURD/CO; Bean, Bilirakis, Buchanan, Cammack, Diaz-Balart, Donalds, Dunn, Franklin, Gimenez, HARIDOPOLOS, Lee, Luna, Mast, Mills, Rutherford, Salazar, Steube, Webster/FL; Allen, Carter, Clyde, Collins, Greene, JACK, Loudermilk, McCormick, Scott/GA; Fulcher, Simpson/ID; Bost, LaHood, Miller/IL; Baird, Houchin, MESSMER, SHREVE, Spartz, STUTZMAN, Yakym/IN; Feenstra, Hinson, Miller-Meeks, Nunn/IA; Estes, Mann, SCHMID; Barr, Comer, Guthrie, Massie, Rogers/KY; Higgins, Letlow, Scalise/LA; Harris/MD; BARRETT, Bergman, Huizenga, James, McClain, Moolenaar, Walberg/MI; Emmer, Finstad, Fischbach, Stauber/MN; Ezell, Guest, Kelly/MS; Alford, Burlison, Graves, ONDER, Smith, Wagner/MO; DOWNING, Zinke/MT; Bacon, Flood, Smith/NE; Amodei/NV; Kean, Smith, VanDrew/NJ; Garbarino, LaLota, Langworthy, Lawler, Malliotakis, Stefanik, Tenney/NY; Edwards, Foxx, HARRIGAN, HARRIS, Hudson, KNOTT, McDOWELL, MOORE, Murphy, Rouzer/NC; FEDORCHAK/ND; Balderson, Carey, Davidson, Jordan, Joyce, Latta, Miller, RULLI, TAYLOR, Turner/OH; Bice, Brecheen, Cole, Hern, Lucas/OK; Bentz/OR; BRESNAHAN, Fitzpatrick, Joyce, Kelly, MacKENZIE, Meuser, Perry, Reschenthaler, Smucker, Thompson/PA; Biggs, Fry, Mace, Norman, Timmons/SC; Johnson/SD; Burchett, DesJarlais, Fleischmann, Green, Harshbarger, Kustoff, Ogles, Rose/TN; Arrington, Babin, Carter, Cloud, Crenshaw, Cuellar, DeLaCruz, Ellzey, Fallon, GILL, GOLDMAN, Gonzales, Gooden, Hunt, Jackson, Luttrell, McCaul, Moran, Nehls, Pfluger, Roy, Self, Sessions, VanDuyne, Weber/TX; KENNEDY, Maloy, Moore, Owens/UT; Cline, Griffith, Kiggans, McGUIRE, Wittman/VA; BAUMGARTNER, Newhouse/WA; Miller, MOORE/WV; Fitzgerald, Grothman, Steil, Tiffany, VanOrden, WIED/WI; Hageman/WY. And House Speaker Mike Johnson/LA.

Voting “no” / anti-Life: FIGURES, Sewell/AL; ANSARI, Stanton/AZ; Aguilar, Barragan, Bera, Brownley, Carbajal, Chu, CISNEROS, Costa, DeSaulnier, FRIEDMAN, Garcia, Gomez, GRAY, Harder, Huffman, Jacobs, Kamlager-Dove, Khanna, Levin, LICCARDO, Lieu, Lofgren, Matsui, MIN, Mullin, Panetta, Peters, RIVAS, Ruiz, Sanchez, Sherman, SIMON, Swalwell, Takano, Thompson, Torres, TRAN, Vargas, Waters/CA; Crow, DeGette, Neguse/CO; Courtney, DeLauro, Hayes, Himes, Larson/CT; McBRIDE/DE; Castor, Cherfilus-McCormick, Frankel, Frost, Moskowitz, Soto, Wasserman-Schultz, Wilson/FL; Bishop, Johnson, McBath, Scott, Williams/GA; Case, Tokuda/HI; Budzinski, Casten, Davis, Foster, Garcia, Jackson, Kelly, Krishnamoorthi, Quigley, Ramirez, Schakowsky, Schneider, Sorensen, Underwood/IL; Carson/IN; Davids/KS; McGarvey/KY; Carter, FIELDS/LA; Golden, Pingree/ME; ELFRETH, Hoyer, Ivey, McCLAIN-DELANEY, Mfume, OLSZEWSKI, Raskin/MD; Auchincloss, Clark, Keating, Lynch, McGovern, Moulton, Neal, Pressley, Trahan/MA; Dingell, McDONALD-RIVET, Scholten, Stevens, Thanedar, Tlaib/MI; Craig, McCollum, MORRISON, Omar/MN; Thompson/MS; BELL, Cleaver/MO; Horsford, Lee, Titus/NV; GOODLANDER, Pappas/NH; CONAWAY, Gottheimer, McIVER, Menendez, Norcross, Pallone, POU, Sherrill, Watson-Coleman/NJ; Leger-Fernandez, Stansbury, Vasquez/NM; Clarke, Espaillat, GILLEN, Goldman, Jeffries, KENNEDY, LATIMER, MANNION, Meeks, Meng, Morelle, Nadler, Ocasio-Cortez, Ryan, Suozzi, Tonko, Torres, Velazquez/NY; Adams, Davis, Foushee, Ross/NC; Beatty, Brown, Kaptur, Landsman, Sykes/OH; Bonamici, BYNUM, DEXTER, Hoyle, Salinas/OR; Boyle, Dean, Deluzio, Evans, Hoolehan, Lee, Scanlon/PA; Amo, Magaziner/RI; Clyburn/SC; Cohen/TN; Casar, Castro, Crockett, Doggett, Escobar, Fletcher, Garcia, Green, JOHNSON, TURNER, Veasey/TX; Balint/VT; Beyer, Connolly, McClellan, Scott, SUBRAMANYAM, VINDMAN/VA; DelBene, Larsen, Perez, RANDALL, Schrier, Smith, Strickland/WA; Moore, Pocan/WI.

Voting “present”: Gonzalez/TX.

Not voting: Grijalva/AZ; Correa, Garamendi, Pelosi, WHITESIDES/CA; Pettersen/CO; Mrvan/IN; RILEY/NY; Wilson/SC; Williams/TX; Jayapal/WA.