Political Quotes

“I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record the article from the Washington Post by the Fact Checker. In addition, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record an excellent editorial today in the Wall Street Journal, an op-ed by two of my colleagues, the Senator from New Hampshire and the Senator from Nebraska, Senators Ayotte and Fischer. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: [From The Washington Post--Fact Checker, July 14, 2014] Democrats on Hobby Lobby: ``Misspeaks'' ``Opinion'' and Overheated Rhetoric (By Glenn Kessler) ``Really, we should be afraid of this court. The five guys who start determining what contraceptions are legal. Let's not even go there.''--Houe Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D- Calif.), at her weekly news conference, on July 10 In the wake of the Supreme Court's 5-to-4 ruling that, as a closely held company, Hobby Lobby was not required to pay for all of the birth-control procedures mandated by the Affordable Care Act, Democrats have rushed to condemn the court. But in some cases the rhetoric has gotten way ahead of the facts. Here's a round-up of some of the more noteworthy claims. In some cases, lawmakers concede that they make a mistake; in others, they are argue that they are offering what amounts to opinion, even though the assertion was stated as fact.…”