Political Quotes

“I thank the gentlewoman again for yielding. The point is there will be differences about how to spend this money locally. Local governments are not monolithic. Some people will say, ``Well, they list this and they list that, they list schools, they do not list the clinics. It is disfavored. It is not one of the things that they wanted us to do.'' We understand it is all optional locally, but if you did not think there was any point in listing things, you would not have listed things in your bill. You would not have added amendments listing things in committee. We believe, to resolve any dispute because we know protecting reproductive clinics is an issue that is debated at local levels, whether you should or should not, unfortunately; therefore, since it is likely to be debatable, we think for you to have listed in your bill some issues and left this one out specifically by name would be a mistake. That is why, in addition to this, we think the gentlewoman's amendment would be necessary.”