Political Quotes

“And Members of the Congress of the United States, this bill is an absolute disgrace. With all the problems we have in this country--economic crisis, poverty levels at the highest we've seen in a generation, urgent needs for our schools, Americans still too dependent on foreign oil and imported energy--what does the Republican leadership bring up for us to debate? Yet another bill to limit women's access to reproductive health services. {time} 1740 Now, I say another bill because the House has already adopted H.R. 3, and that bill codified into law that no Federal dollars would be used to pay for abortion services, whether it's under Medicaid, the traditional Hyde amendment, or the D.C. appropriations, or for Federal employees, or women who serve in the military, or those who get subsidies under the Affordable Care Act. What this bill seeks to do, pure and simple, is to destroy one of the most hard-fought but delicately balanced sections of the Affordable Care Act, and that was on abortion. This section came about as a result of a lot of hard work by many Members in the House and the Senate-- particularly Senator Nelson, whose pro-life record speaks for itself, clearly and unequivocally. The law prohibits the use of Federal funds for abortion. It keeps State and Federal abortion-related laws in place. It ensures that those whose conscience dictates against abortion are protected and not discriminated against. And it went further.…”