Political Quotes

“Here we go again. Instead of working with President Obama and Democrats to create jobs, economic opportunities, and fight poverty, extreme Tea Party Republicans are at it again, attacking women's health care and reproductive rights. Yes, it is another battle in the war on women. Instead of working together to extend unemployment benefits, here we are today debating another dangerous and divisive attempt to strip away the rights of women. Madam Speaker, Congress currently imposes unfair limitations on insurance coverage of abortion and, through the Hyde amendment, that is a fact, even though I personally think we should get rid of all these restrictions. Yet this bill, H.R. 7, creates an unprecedented interference in the lives of women and their families by restricting coverage for women's health in private insurance plans. It specifically attacks low-income women in the District of Columbia by permanently, mind you, permanently prohibiting the District from spending its purely local funds on abortions for low-income women. How many of you would want the Federal Government to restrict your funding in your local districts for any health care benefits for women? It codifies the harmful Helms amendment. Enough is enough. ____________________”