Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman from Tennessee for his words and for his commitment to women and their access to health care and for pointing out the confounding thing about defunding Planned Parenthood, which is that we are not even talking about abortion, as we have already restricted that Federal funding. Madam Speaker, we are talking about access to health care to underserved women, to low-income women, who are trying to get general wellness checkups, who are trying to have cancer screenings, who are trying to access health care. It is Planned Parenthood that fills that void in our underserved populations, in our rural areas. That is where they make a critical difference. You are absolutely right in that the messaging that this is somehow about something else is completely hiding the fact that we are bringing bills to the floor without committee hearings, that we are not being transparent, and that we are misleading the American public about what this debate is about. I am delighted that we also have another champion for working families and a great voice for the communities he serves. I yield to my colleague from California's 36th District, Congressman Ruiz.”