Political Quotes

“I thank my colleague from Georgia for yielding, for his leadership, and for bringing this important bill to the floor. Mr. Speaker, this is a historic day. This is the first time that the House of Representatives has had a vote to override President Obama's veto. If you look at what the veto is about and what the legislation that was vetoed is about, it is about letting the American people actually determine their own healthcare destiny. It is about stopping taxpayer money from going to abortion providers like Planned Parenthood. What this bill does is something very historic by gutting ObamaCare and returning that power back to families. I see in my district, and my colleagues share the same stories, all across the country, millions of Americans have lost the good health care that they had. They were promised by this President ``if you like what you have, you can keep it.'' Everybody knows that that is a promise that was broken by this President in his own healthcare law. We restore that ability back to the American people with this bill. With this bill, we also say that abortion providers like Planned Parenthood should not be able to get taxpayer money. We completely defund Planned Parenthood in this bill. If this is something that is so vital, look at what the bill does. It actually transfers the money to federally approved health centers all across the country--many more, by the way, than Planned Parenthood facilities that exist.…”