Political Quotes

“Madam President, reserving the right to object, many Americans are not going to see eye to eye on the issue of abortion. I am glad to see that the Supreme Court did what it did and returned that decision to the people, to the State legislatures. Currently, Indiana is debating that issue. This bill denies State legislators the right to make laws protecting life in their own States. The bill appears to be dealing with traveling freely across the Nation to get an abortion, but a literal reading of the text proves the true intent of the bill. It is, I think, a backdoor into trying to upend what should be neighboring State legislatures' responsibility. It should be the people in their State that make the decision. Let's look at section 3(a)(3) of the bill, stating ``no individual, entity, or State may restrict . . . a health care provider or any individual entity from providing or assisting a health care provider with reproductive health care services for an individual who does not reside''--who does not reside--``in the State in which the services are to be provided.'' Sections 3(a)(1) and 3(a)(2) of the bill specifically include the phrase ``lawful in the State.'' Why is that omitted from the previous clause? I think it is because this bill is an attempt to undermine State laws that protect life by allowing abortions for anyone who crosses State lines and is not a resident of that State. Not to belabor it, I want to read it one more time, slowly.…”