Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition to H.R. 26. We didn't hop in a time machine back to the 1970s. It is 2023, and we all know what this is about. It is not about the protection of newborn children. It is about control. It is about Republicans' continued desire to control women, take away their freedoms, limit their bodily autonomy, plunge poor women deeper into poverty, and further marginalize those already not seen. It is about intimidating, silencing, and criminalizing doctors. It is about the nationwide abortion ban that Republicans have been itching to enact since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, bans that the American people have said loudly and clearly that they do not want. We cannot continue to let the extreme Republican Party attack and erode the rights of women across this country. We have a responsibility to put an end to politicians inserting themselves into the doctors' offices and uteruses of women across this country. Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote against this measure.”