CV NEWS FEED // Pro-life activist Mark Houck has announced that he is running for Congress.
“I am running for Congress to further protect my family, those in the 1st district, and the Republic,” Houck stated in an announcement on his campaign website. Houck is a Catholic father of seven children and a resident of East Greenville, Pennsylvania.
In September 2022, FBI agents arrested Houck at gunpoint in front of his wife and children at his home in a shocking display of intimidation that prompted a national backlash.
The arrest was in connection to an incident in which Houck shoved a pro-abortion activist to the ground in front of a Planned Parenthood building after the activist repeatedly threatened his 12-year-old son.
The Department of Justice claimed the shoving violated the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, but Houck was acquitted in January after video evidence submitted to the court showed him acting in defense of his son.
“I have seen first-hand what an out of control government can do to its citizens,” Houck said. “I will fight to protect all people and their rights under God and our Constitution. My platform is based on common sense.”
If elected to Congress, Houck, 48, intends to “focus on restoring traditional values and principles that are central to the American identity, such as faith, family, and freedom of speech, religion, and the right to bear arms.”
He also lists immigration policy, education reform and school choice, and the pro-life cause among his priorities.
CatholicVote presented Houck and his family with its Hero of the Year Award last year in recognition of his efforts for the pro-life movement and as founder of the apostolate The King’s Men, a non-profit organization dedicated to men’s Catholic formation.
“Catholics across the country will be excited to hear about Mark Houck running for Congress. Mark is a longtime champion of the family and the unborn,” said Joshua Mercer, Vice President of CatholicVote.
“Mark Houck knows firsthand how reckless and political our federal agencies have become,” Mercer added. “If elected to Congress, we could have Mark Houck serving on the House Judiciary Committee where he could hold the FBI and Justice Department accountable.”