Political Quotes

“as I close out this time, I had written prepared remarks for my closing, but a word keeps ringing over and over in my head, and that word is ``freedom.'' As I stand here, why today is so important is because it is again another chip chipping at our freedoms. I stand here as a Black woman who has, in our history, knowledge of what it means for your bodily autonomy to be taken. I stand here, today, looking at a picture of my granddaughter, who I want to have the same rights that I had growing up. Today, we mark a 3-year anniversary, but we also have an opportunity to commit to what our future will look like. This very week, we potentially will see a bill on this floor that will again chip away--chip away--at healthcare, when we know that 40 percent of the births in this country are through Medicaid; chip away at our rights. So I thank my colleagues for their powerful words today. I thank all of the advocates who came and spoke to us today, all of the individuals who are still fighting the good fight to make sure that we have the rights that we deserve.”