Political Quotes

“Clearly, there is much that could be debated on this. I, for one, do not see it as so complicated because every city and every county in America has the ability to use its own funds. When I am in working in Washington I have an apartment in the District of Columbia, where I stay. If I park in the District of Columbia and a meter runs out, I pay a fine to the District of Columbia, and therefore they clearly have their own locally raised funds. My colleague is right. I do not believe that they should be treated differently than any other city, any other county, and any other State vis-a-vis the ability of any city, county, or State to use their own locally raised money as they will. For example, I was on the board of supervisors of a county, a suburban county north of San Francisco, a beautiful place called Marin County, and the board of supervisors there quite unanimously--we came from different parties, different views--did give funding to Planned Parenthood for their clinic in which they, in fact, provided family planning services. They also provided abortions.”