Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 8297. Yes, as co-chair of the Pro-Choice Caucus, along with my colleague, Congresswoman Diana DeGette, I thank our colleagues, Representatives Fletcher, Strickland, and Raskin, for introducing this very important bill, and also Chairman Pallone and Speaker Pelosi for bringing it to the floor. Everyone deserves the freedom to make personal decisions about their health, their bodies, their futures, as well as the right to travel. Yet, the Supreme Court's decision has stripped this fundamental right to reproductive freedom from millions of people in this country. Now, I remember the days before Roe, and we aren't going back. Not only are some States moving to enact extreme abortion bans, but some anti-abortion State legislators are working to prohibit people from traveling across State lines to access care and are targeting people who assist those in need. What in the world is happening to our democracy? First of all, you are trying to take away our own healthcare decisions, the ability to make our reproductive healthcare decisions. You are trying to criminalize people for making their own reproductive healthcare decisions. You are trying to set up an environment for people to spy on each other when they are trying to exercise their reproductive healthcare decisions and freedoms. You are trying to take away people's right to travel. What in the world is this? Is this America? You all talk about other countries.…”