Political Quotes

“I did not want to have to offer another amendment here tonight. The only reason I am doing that is because the amendment that will be offered in a moment by Senator Allard says that the SCHIP program, our kids health program, should cover children--this is from his amendment--from the moment of conception until 19 years old. I am assuming the idea is to make sure pregnant women are covered. Yet it doesn't say that. So my side-by-side says pregnant women will be covered. That means you don't get into that whole area of when does life begin and so on. We are saying, please vote for this. Let's cover pregnant women, and that will, indeed, cover the pregnant woman and her fetus, all the way from the minute she is pregnant. This is what we hope you will vote aye for. We hope you will vote no on the Allard amendment. I am sorry to trouble you with another vote.”