Political Quotes

“I thank my good friend, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, the ranking member, for her eloquent defense of the unborn child and their mothers because there are two co-victims in every abortion: mother and baby. I thank her for her leadership. It is extraordinary. Madam Speaker, according to the January 2022 Marist Poll, only 17 percent of Americans believe that ``abortion should be available to a woman any time she wants one during her entire pregnancy.'' When Americans were asked in late June--June 28 to 29--in a Harvard/ Harris Poll, a nationwide poll supervised by Mark Penn--and many of us know him; he is a very effective pollster--and the question was put: ``Do you think your State should allow abortions up to 9 months'' only 10 percent said ``yes.'' H.R. 8296 would legally authorize and enable the violent death of unborn baby girls and boys by dismemberment, beheading, forced expulsion from the womb, deadly poisons, or other methods at any time and for any reason until birth. Don't believe it? Read section 4 of the bill. It couldn't be clearer. This bill is far outside the American mainstream and goes far beyond Roe v. Wade. As a matter of fact, when the Harvard/Harris Poll asked whether or not we should be doing what we are doing today in Congress, they found--and I was a little bit astonished by this--that less than one- third of voters--31 percent--say that abortion laws should be federally set by a congressional vote.…”