Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Turner Syndrome Awareness Month and my constituent, Nicole Cleveland, for bringing attention to this little-known disease. At birth, Nicole was diagnosed with TS and was told she may never walk. She did. Nicole was told that she would never go to college. She did. She graduated from Morningside University with a degree in political science and journalism. But Nicole did not stop there. She went on to be the youngest woman ever elected to the Sergeant Bluff City Council and will be releasing her first book this spring called ``The Butterfly Chronicles.'' Now, she commits her time and talent to advocating for the more than 70,000 American women and girls who have TS. In conjunction with her advocacy, I will soon be introducing a bill, the Protecting Girls with Turner Syndrome Act, to criminalize the abortion of any baby diagnosed with TS because my faith teaches me that every person is created for a purpose, and Nicole was certainly created as a special one. Mr. Speaker, I thank Nicole for bringing awareness of TS and sharing her message of optimism and hope with so many people. ____________________”