Political Quotes

“I thank the gentlewoman for her leadership. Madam Speaker, it is very hard for me to listen to the conversation on the other side of the aisle because it is a conversation they are having with themselves, and it is a conversation we are having with ourselves. Let me be really clear. This is not about Planned Parenthood and abortion because we already know that Planned Parenthood gets no funding for abortions in this country, pure and simple. Planned Parenthood gets funding through title X to provide services for breast cancer screenings, cancer screenings, STDs, and contraception. What my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are willing to say is: We just want to make sure Planned Parenthood doesn't get a dime. Just squeeze every dime out of them that may be Federal dollars, even though they provide a really important health service. So I say to my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, I guess what you are saying is, to the 80,000 women last year who were diagnosed with cancer because they went to a Planned Parenthood facility and of the 800,000 that were screened for cancer, you would rather see them die.”