Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I rise in support of S. 130, which I am proud to cosponsor. This legislation would ensure that healthcare providers treat babies who have been born alive, after failed abortion attempts, with the same care they would treat any other baby born at the same stage of pregnancy. I also thank the Senator from Nebraska for his leadership on this issue and for bringing this issue to the floor. In one sense, it is very hard to imagine this legislation is even necessary in the United States of America. In the 21st century, when, every day, new, advanced technologies bring new revelations about the wonders of human life, it is hard to fathom the extremism of the politicians in New York and now in Virginia who would deny the protections of law to the most vulnerable members of our society--the innocent unborn--and allow them to be aborted, allow them to be killed right up to the moment of birth. It is hard to comprehend statements like those of Ralph Northam's, the Virginia Governor, who said that if he had his way, infants who survived abortion attempts would be delivered and kept comfortable--that is his word--while the doctors and the parents decided their fate. Is this really what it has come to in the United States? Is this really the social vision of today's Democratic Party? Frankly, I can't imagine a vision less just or less consistent with the goodness and compassion of the American people. In another sense, perhaps we should not be so surprised.…”