Political Quotes

“my friend from Illinois is one of the most intellectually honest people here, and he has just made clear why so many of us will be supporting the gentlewoman's amendment tomorrow. He is conscientiously, and firmly, and on principle opposed congresses legalized abortion, and he says he does not want abortion clinics or other reproductive clinics included in this bill by name because it would give them a status that he does not want them to have. Yes, I want them to have the status. The status is as entities that are known as eligible for protection against murder and protection against criminals. Once we begin to list some things--there are two and a half pages of specific examples in the bill my Republican friends brought forward--if we list some things and do not list others, we put them--apparently the gentleman agrees--in a disfavored category.”