House Passes Bill to Eliminate Taxpayer Funding for AbortionsHill says he is ‘committed to passing pro-life legislation’
Washington, DC,
January 22, 2015
Congressman French Hill (AR-2) released the following statement today after the House passed the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (H.R. 7) by a vote of 242 - 179: “Although Americans were repeatedly told by the President that Obamacare would not include funding for abortion coverage, it has become evident that hardworking taxpayers are subsidizing abortion under the President’s health care program. Obamacare compromises Americans’ conscience rights, and today’s bill prohibits the use of federal funding to pay for abortions and bans taxpayer funding for health care plans that include elective abortion coverage. This past weekend I attended the Arkansas March for Life in Little Rock and heard from many Arkansans about the importance of speaking out for life and protecting the unborn. I am committed to passing pro-life legislation and will continue to work on a bipartisan basis with my colleagues on this important issue.” In a September 9, 2009 address to a Joint Session of Congress, President Obama stated that “no federal dollars will be used to fund abortions, and federal conscience laws will remain in place.” A September 16, 2014 report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that over 1,000 insurance plans offered under Obamacare contained coverage for elective abortion services. Congressman Hill participated in the Arkansas March for Life in Little Rock on January 18, 2015. About Congressman French Hill J. French Hill, 58, is the 22nd Member of Congress to represent central Arkansas in the U.S. House of Representatives. A ninth generation Arkansan, he was elected on November 4, 2014, and will serve on the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services for the 114th Congress. Prior to his Congressional service, Mr. Hill was actively engaged in the Arkansas business community for two decades as a commercial banker and investment manager, and was founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Delta Trust & Banking Corp in Little Rock. Prior to his community banking work in Arkansas, Mr. Hill served as a senior official in the administration of President George H.W. Bush. Prior to his Executive Branch Service, from 1982-84, Mr. Hill served on the staff of then-U.S. Senator John Tower (R-TX) as well as on the staff of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs. Mr. Hill is a magna cum laude graduate in Economics from Vanderbilt University. He is married to the former Martha McKenzie of Dallas, Texas, and they have a daughter, Sarah Elizabeth McKenzie Hill, and a son, William Payne Hill. The Hill family resides in Little Rock. |
