Political Quotes

“When the majority began this Congress, it began with the idea, in their language, that they would adhere to fiscal responsibility and to constitutionality--in fact, we read the Constitution on the floor of this body--and that they had learned the lessons from the election slaughtering in 2012, and that is to stop the assault on women's health care. But, oh, no. Here we are today with a bill, H.R. 1797, that violates the Congressional Budget Act, that violates the Constitution, and that violates the doctor-patient relationship that a woman has with her doctor, and we haven't focused on jobs. So, when you look at H.R. 1797, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, it would impose a ban across the country on abortion after 20 weeks. Aside from ignoring medical realities and placing the lives of mothers with serious medical conditions at risk through governmental interference with the doctor-patient relationship, the underlying bill also includes reporting requirements that, according to the Congressional Budget Act, which it would violate, would add costs to local law enforcement. With a total of 25 States introducing 64 similar abortion-ban measures in the last 3 years, this bill is yet another assault on women's reproductive rights and is blatantly unconstitutional. Abortion care in this country is a private, medical decision that's made between a woman and her health care provider. Those are the only people who should be in the room.…”