Political Quotes

“Thank you. Amendment No. 389 Mr. President, I rise today in support of an amendment that will relieve millions of Americans of a moral conflict. For too many, access to healthcare coverage comes only with the restriction of deeply held personal convictions about the sanctity of human life. The amendment before us offers the opportunity to end the flow of taxpayer dollars to abortion procedures once and for all. It allows Hyde protections to be extended to all funds appropriated through the healthcare legislation we are considering today. Let me provide some context. Premium tax credits implemented under ObamaCare currently provide over $8.7 billion in annual subsidies for nearly 1,000 different insurance plans that cover elective abortion on the State exchanges. This provision stands in violation of the fundamental principle of the Hyde amendment and the long-held understanding that the U.S. Government has no role in funding abortions. In recent weeks, the Senate has debated countless nuances of healthcare policy, and we have taken several crucial votes on efforts to rescue the American people from a failed social experiment, bringing us to this moment. Under our current procedural circumstances, in order to ensure that both the spirit and the letter of the Hyde amendment's provision against taxpayer-funded abortion is upheld, we need a new solution.…”