Political Quotes

“after weeks of stalling a bipartisan human trafficking bill, our Republican colleagues have now agreed not to expand the scope of the Hyde language. Democrats and Republicans have come to an agreement on a path forward out of this pointless contrived fight. It also rejects an expansion of the Hyde language to any taxpayer dollars where it did not apply before. This is really good news. I thank the senior Senator from Washington, Patty Murray, for the work she put into brokering this compromise. But I have to say and throw a bouquet to Amy Klobuchar, who has worked so hard on this for weeks and weeks. She has been very relentless in working toward an agreement on this. She has worked consistently to arrive at the conclusion that we have arrived at. I express my appreciation to Senator Leahy on the Judiciary Committee, who has been available for us at any given time to help us work through these issues. It was not easy, but their efforts--the Senators I have mentioned-- have been extremely important to fight human trafficking, which is really very, very important for us to do. But we also rejected efforts to further obstruct a woman's access to services they deserve and need and which we believe are within the law. I also want to say something about Senator Cornyn. John Cornyn--I talked to him Thursday. We thought we had something worked out. He has been very reasonable in helping us arrive at a conclusion to this.…”