Political Quotes

On the recordApril 11, 2013
I thank the gentleman from Indiana for that very extraordinary and eloquent speech, bringing to the American people an inconvenient truth that needs to be exposed, and for, again, reminding us all that the major news media--NBC, CBS, ABC-- have all had a blackout, there's been a coverup. If this was any other trial of a horrific bloodletting, a house of horrors, it would be front page, it would be the lead story, maybe second or third on some nights on the major networks. The Philadelphia Inquirer, to its credit, a newspaper that is not pro-life editorially, and I know that because I've talked to them over the many years, they, nevertheless, have deployed reporters who have done a very, very good job in covering this trial. But that's pretty much where it ends. And, again, the major networks ought to be there. I would point out that the reason why this clinic in this house of horrors was allowed to do much of what it has done is because of the chilling effect that the proabortion side has had on inspections of clinics where children are routinely slaughtered. The grand jury itself said: ``The politics in question were not antiabortion, but proabortion. With the change of administrations from Governor Casey,'' a Democrat pro-lifer, ``to Governor Tom Ridge,'' a proabortion Republican, ``officials concluded that inspections would be putting a barrier up to women seeking abortions.…
Said by
Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

Share & report

More from Chris Smith

Sep 28, 2023

I thank my good friend for yielding. Mr. Chair, the State-Foreign Operations bill under consideration today continues and strengthens the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, PEPFAR, for another year, fiscal year 2024, ensuring that…

govinfo.gov
Apr 29, 2024

I offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 1172 Resolved, That the House has heard with profound sorrow of the death of the Honorable Donald M. Payne, Jr., a…

govinfo.gov
Mar 27, 2023

For the purpose of closing. I thank Ms. Wild for her strong support and for her wonderful and strong remarks today in favor of this bipartisan legislation. I do believe that we are really at a point now where if not us, who? We need to…

govinfo.gov
Sep 30, 2022

I thank the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Jordan) for his leadership and for his kind words. I thank the chairman of the Judiciary Committee for sponsoring this extraordinarily important piece of legislation. Mr. Speaker, everyone remembers…

govinfo.gov

Other voices in this conversation