Catholic father and anti-abortion activist Mark Houck told Congress he believes the FBI raided his home to "humiliate me, to scare my children, and to instill fear in pro-life America."
"My children were downrange of many guns, and they screamed through the whole process. The committee should know that they were traumatized," Houck said while testifying before the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government on Tuesday.
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Houck's home was raided by law enforcement after the father shoved an abortion clinic volunteer. Houck said the volunteer, Bruce Love, had been intimidating his 12-year-old son.
Law enforcement declined to pursue charges against Houck. However, the FBI took up the case and claimed he violated the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act.
Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) said he believes the FBI was targeting Houck for being anti-abortion.
"So if you're pro-family, pro-life, and you want a border, you're a target — and your family fit all of them," Jordan told Houck. "You're a pro-life, pro-family Catholic, for goodness' sake; they're going to come after you. You've got seven kids. You're not allowed to have seven kids today, you know, we're trying to save the planet. You can't do that in America today."
"You were the example. That is how pervasive this political attitude is at the highest levels of our agencies."
Jordan also threatened to limit the FBI's funding.
Tuesday's hearing was aimed at "revisiting the implications of the FACE Act," given a track record, according to subcommittee Chairman Mike Johnson (R-LA), of selective enforcement in favor of pro-abortion entities.
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"We believe that the facts show that the Biden administration has shown a clear double standard of enforcing the FACE Act in a way that protects pro-abortion activists and facilities while substantially ignoring attacks on pro-life advocates, facilities, and churches," Johnson said. "It is a disgrace the Justice Department would rather cater to the pro-abortion political movement than protect places that assist pregnant women in need."
Johnson called the FBI's targeting of Houck "astounding" and politically motivated by the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision that overturned Roe v. Wade.