Political Quotes

“I thank my distinguished colleague from the great State of Wisconsin for yielding time to me on this amendment and on the underlying bill. The question was just asked: Why do we have a White House Gender Policy Council? It is a pretty simple answer to that question. It is because here in America there are two contrasting visions as it relates to reproductive freedom. Democrats believe in a woman's freedom to make her own reproductive healthcare decisions. Extreme MAGA Republicans have a very different view. Extreme MAGA Republicans want to criminalize abortion care. Extreme MAGA Republicans want to impose a nationwide ban. Extreme MAGA Republicans want us to live in a society where women have government mandated pregnancies. That is the dichotomy that we confront right now. Reproductive freedom is at issue all across America, and you are either on the right side of that issue, Mr. Chairman, or you are on the wrong side. We believe that my Republican colleagues continue to march us toward a nationwide abortion ban. Mr. Chairman, just look at the underlying legislation which, by its very definition, restricts hundreds of thousands of people here in the District of Columbia as it relates to reproductive freedom. Why is it in this bill? It is because there is a real policy difference. House Democrats support a woman's freedom to make her own reproductive healthcare decisions. Period. Full stop.…”