Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I thank the ranking member for yielding. Mr. Speaker, in June, I went home to where Democrats announced $670 million of investments in broadband that will grow our middle class in New Mexico. Then, I came back to a Congress controlled by the most extreme Members of the Republican Party who want to strip women of their ability to receive reproductive healthcare. If these extreme Republicans succeed, it will be unreasonably difficult for servicewomen assigned to bases in States that ban abortion to travel and receive reproductive healthcare. I came back to an extreme Republican Party that wants to take the culture wars to our military instead of preparing our servicemembers to protect Americans from war. A travel ban for pregnant servicewomen, how un-American is that? This rule and the extreme amendments in it are simply unpatriotic. They are un-American. The Republicans are waging culture wars against patriotic women, patriotic Latinos, Blacks, Native Americans, Asians, gays, lesbians, and trans Americans who serve in our military. These patriotic men and women are willing to fight and die for our country. I call upon my colleagues to honor the sacrifice of these diverse Americans and vote against this rule and these horrible amendments. I call upon my colleagues to reject the culture wars and instead to celebrate. Let's celebrate the diversity that is America. Let's honor all servicemembers, all servicewomen, and their sacrifice.…”