Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my disappointment that Hyde Amendment language was included in H.R. 2, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015. The Hyde Amendment, which prohibits federal funding for abortion, has prevented women from accessing needed reproductive health care for decades. While the Hyde Amendment remains in law through the yearly appropriations process, every attempt to insert Hyde Amendment language into other legislation damages efforts to protect women's health. It is unfortunate that today's historic bipartisan deal--which will strengthen Medicare for millions of Floridians--was used as a vehicle to chip away at women's access to reproductive health care. Every woman deserves the right to make her own personal health decisions.”