Political Quotes

“I am here today to express my concerns with the Supreme Court's recent decision in the Hobby Lobby case and the steps we are taking--hopefully, this week--to protect a woman's right to make her own health care decisions. I want to thank Senators Murray and Udall for their leadership on this issue and for introducing the Not My Boss's Business Act. I appreciate hearing from the Republican leader about their interest in supporting women's access to contraceptive care, and I hope that is something we can all agree on. But the issue here is not just access to that care, it is the cost of that care. When you charge women more for contraceptive coverage, then you are denying them access to that care. The legislation that has been introduced by Senators Murray and Udall, and of which I am a cosponsor, will prevent employers from being involved in an employee's health care decisions and it will reverse the Supreme Court's decision. Throughout my career in office, I have fought to ensure that women have access to important contraceptive services and that women are able to make their own decisions about their health care with their doctors and with their families. In 1999, when I was Governor of New Hampshire, I signed into law a bipartisan bill that required insurance companies to cover prescription contraceptives--the issue we are debating right now.…”