Political Quotes

“I come to the floor today with sadness and reluctance because we are actually debating an extraordinarily worthwhile, even historic bill that would not only improve our infrastructure--our roads and bridges and highways in the State of Connecticut and throughout the country--but also provide jobs, enable more economic growth, and promote the effort to put Connecticut and our country back to work. My reluctance is we are debating an amendment that distracts from that essential task, the work that the Nation elected us to do, to make our priority creating jobs and promoting economic growth. We are debating an amendment that seems fundamentally flawed. I am respectful, as is everyone in this body, of the moral convictions and religious beliefs that others may hold. I believe this amendment is unconstitutionally overbroad and vague. It is unacceptably flawed in the way it is written because it essentially gives every employer-- anytime, anywhere, with respect to any medical condition, any form of treatment--the right to deny that essential health care and those services based on his or her undefined religious beliefs or moral convictions--quoting from the language itself, ``religious beliefs'' or ``moral convictions''--without any defining limits.…”