The Rules Committee should have made in order amendments I submitted
to strike the expansion of the Global Gag Rule and the ban on funding
for the United Nations Population Fund, and to restore essential
funding for international development and diplomacy. Despite the administration's professed hope that other nations will
fill the gaps created by cuts in this bill, we are at risk of that void
being filled by those who oppose our values and interests, leaving the
world far different from what we want for our children and
grandchildren. It is time for the majority to set aside its most extreme proposals,
including the border wall and interior immigration enforcement, and
work with Democrats to write bipartisan legislation that could actually
be enacted. Mr. Chairman, I urge a ``no'' vote, and I reserve the balance of my
time.
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