Political Quotes

“I wonder what my friends of the male persuasion from both sides of aisle would be doing on this floor if suddenly it was the case that men could not get help when they were stationed abroad. They would say, ``Well, regardless of what it is, we need our men in the military to be there. That is why we are sending them there.'' Yet, they would treat women in such a way. I say to my friend, what happens if a woman cannot get on a plane and has to go to a hospital in a country that she is stationed in? I will half answer that. When I went to visit the troops in Saudi Arabia during the Persian Gulf war, I saw the incredible health facilities that they had there for our men and women in uniform. But what if such a woman was in pain, was in a situation where she really needed help, and she went to the facility and was told by a military doctor, ``You have to go to a local hospital''? I ask my friend to talk about what that experience might be like in a place like Saudi Arabia where women cannot even drive their cars.”