Political Quotes

“I rise today to urge the Senate to take action to protect abortion rights and defend our constitutional rights. A far-right, extremist Supreme Court wants to force their views on every American. Roe v. Wade has protected the right to a safe, legal abortion for nearly 50 years. Though Republicans have tried to challenge it in court many times, the Supreme Court has reaffirmed Roe over and over and over again--until now. So what changed? Why is something that is repeatedly referred to as ``settled law'' on the threshold of being swept away like so much dust? Why is a law that literally tens of millions of people have depended on to protect access to a safe, legal abortion suddenly about to evaporate? We don't arrive here accidentally. We are here because Republican politicians have spent decades plotting for this moment. They have cultivated extremist judges. Groups like the Federalist Society have screened possible candidates and drawn up lists of which possible candidates could and could not be counted on. Extremist donors spent billions in dark money so that their preferred ideologues could chip away at people's fundamental rights and do it from the Bench. Republican candidates for office pledged to support Justices who would get rid of Roe v. Wade. And, finally, when all of that still wasn't enough, Republicans stole two seats on the Supreme Court, all to force their unpopular minority agenda on the rest of America. I am here to sound a warning.…”