Political Quotes

“Madam President, first, let me thank the Senator from Washington State, the Senate's President pro tempore, for her amazing leadership on this issue. She is the lead sponsor of the legislation and is on so many other issues across the spectrum but particularly on women's rights and women's healthcare. There is no stronger clarion voice than the Senator from Washington, so I thank her for that. Now, today, Senate Republicans must answer a simple question: Do they believe that women should have the right to make their own healthcare choices--yes or no? The Reproductive Freedom for Women Act is exceedingly simple. All it does is express support for a woman's right to choose. That is it--no more, no less. It should be an easy ``yes'' vote. My Republican colleagues have a choice: Vote yes, and stand with women who want their rights protected or stand with Donald Trump and the MAGA radicals who want to see those rights taken away. We know where the American people stand on freedom of choice: Over 80 percent of Americans, including two-thirds of Republicans, agree that healthcare decisions, including abortion, should be between a woman and her doctor. But Americans are rightfully worried that reproductive rights are becoming extinct in this country. They see what is happening at the Supreme Court. They see the attacks against women's rights in States like Texas and Florida and Alabama and Idaho and beyond.…”