Political Quotes

“Thank you, Mr. Polis. Madam Speaker, I rise, like my colleague Mr. Kennedy, to urge a ``no'' vote on the previous question so that we can discuss a matter that is very urgent to the women of this country. The most blessed moment of my life was the birth of my son, Ben. His life has brought me great joy as well as great responsibilities. The decision to bring Ben into the world was a private decision, made by his father and me. We didn't call our Congressman, and we didn't call my employer. Now it appears, with the Hobby Lobby case, that the Supreme Court of the United States seems to think that life begins at incorporation. I vehemently disagree. Employers belong in the workplace and not in the doctor's office or in our bedrooms. That is why I am a proud cosponsor of the not my boss' business act, which will ban a corporation from using its owner's religious belief to deny health care coverage for contraception. No one should lose access to birth control because her company doesn't approve of it. A woman's family planning decision is not her boss' decision, and it is none of her boss' business.”