Political Quotes

“On the Senator from Iowa's time, let me join her and the Senator from Missouri, and I associate myself with their remarks and their support, not only for the March for Life, which will occur on Friday, but also for the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, which I am proud to be the principal cosponsor of and which will, we hope, have a vote on the Senate floor by tomorrow afternoon. I was a pretty young staffer for then-Congressman Trent Lott in 1981 when I first became aware that there was such a thing as the March for Life. I can assure you that it will be much more massive this year then it was back in those early days when Americans were struggling with what Roe v. Wade meant and when they weren't quite so sure about what the science was about this practice of abortion. As each year passes, as more and more parents see that sonogram, as more and more grandparents--and I am a grandparent to six now; I am buddy to six beautiful grandchildren--see the sonograms early on and we see the feet and we see the heartbeat and we see the faces of these children, we realize as Americans--and more and more Americans are coming to the realization--that this is a living human that deserves protection. Senator Blunt was accurate in saying we have good polling. Polling is coming around to our way. Even if some people consider themselves to be pro-choice, when you delve down into the figures and ask them the questions, it turns out they are not quite so pro-abortion as we might think.…”