Political Quotes

“There are some issues we debate here in the House that, frankly, should not be a matter of question in anyone's mind. One of those is whether or not a baby born and is outside of the womb deserves protection. Sometimes abortion attempts fail and babies are born alive: its heart is beating, muscles moving, and lungs working. Tragically, some abortion providers then kill these infants directly or through neglect and exposure, and this is unconscionable. The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act says that a baby who survives an abortion must be treated at a hospital with the same care as a baby born alive naturally at the same state of pregnancy. The bill includes criminal sanctions against any abortion provider who kills a baby born alive. Mr. Speaker, killing a baby outside of the womb is unquestionably the taking of an innocent human life. I urge unanimous support of Representative Blackburn's bill. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I would say to the gentlewoman from Wyoming that I am not going to vote for the CR because it doesn't do anything for community health centers and doesn't do anything to alleviate the burden of DSH payments for the hospitals that provide to vulnerable communities and doesn't fund Veterans Health the way we want it to. There is a whole bunch of stuff. I just want this process to move forward so we can get back to negotiating and actually get a deal that is bipartisan that we all can be proud of.…”