Political Quotes

“Madam President, we have been debating this for a very long time. I think we have kept our emotions under control. I can personally tell you that there are emotions on both sides. I hope that we can respect each other. We have had hours of debate. We agreed to have hours of debate. There were days when my colleagues were down here presenting what they said was my position, and that was not proper. I did not complain, I only asked them to stop it. My point is this, the women who have come forward from all over this great Nation of ours to tell their stories are reliving the most painful moments of their lives. To place into the Record medical opinions of doctors who never saw the women's medical records, I happen to think is absolutely wrong. It is one Senator's opinion and I just wanted to so state it. The important thing, it seems to me, is this: All of us today could have a bill, we could have a bill, if we had a true life exception and a narrowly drawn health exception. We could pass a bill, we could send it to this President, who signed a law in Arkansas to outlaw late-term abortions with an exception only for endangerment to the life or health of the woman. I hope we would refrain from casting aspersions on the character and the truthfulness and the integrity of American families like this.”