Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding and for giving me this opportunity. As a mother of five children, when I brought my baby, my youngest baby, number five home from the hospital, that week my oldest baby was turning 6 years old. The birth of a baby is such a jubilant occasion, and women's health is essential to the health of families and raising our children in a way that has respect for all of them. It's very interesting that we're taking this bill up now when the American people are calling out for jobs. Their number one priority is the creation of jobs, and once again we come to the floor of the House with a major distraction that ``ain't going nowhere'' in order to cater to an extreme agenda of the Republican majority. The American people want us to take up jobs. They want us to take up the American Jobs Act, which three-quarters of the American people say they want us to consider. It would create nearly 2 million jobs. Or we could vote on the China currency legislation which would save 1 million jobs and has the support of the majority of the Members, including 61 cosponsors from the Republican side of the aisle. But again, instead, we are pursuing the Republicans' ideological agenda, forcing us to relitigate a very divisive issue. Every woman in America should be very concerned about this assault on women's health. Let us begin the debate with a very clear understanding of the facts.…”