Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I thank Mr. Smith for yielding, and I truly thank him for being the spearhead. Somebody has to take the lead, and he has taken the lead magnificently to call attention continually to such, not only an important topic, an essential topic that we as Americans have to deal with. There is a book by author Simon Sinek that says, ``Start With Why''. Whys happen to us every day. The simple thing to start with is, Why are we here? Make no mistake: it is nobody's plan that we are here, with the exception of God's plan that we are here; no one else. In January 1973, Roe v. Wade was decided by the Supreme Court, as you all know, and in the 46 years since, far too many unborn lives have been taken that could not fight or speak for themselves. It is our duty, our solemn duty, as elected officials and as citizens of the United States, to fight for the unborn so that we all have a chance at life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Every year, people from all over our Nation come together in D.C. to recognize the sanctity of life and to acknowledge that every life in every stage is precious. Many of those people are on the road right now as we are here, driving here, flying here from all over the country. We are going to have a lot of folks from northern Michigan coming here. I am looking forward to seeing them and greeting them tomorrow morning as they prepare for the March for Life tomorrow afternoon.…”