Political Quotes

“When I became a physician, I took a Hippocratic oath to do no harm. It has guided my actions and my conscience to do no harm. For the past 41 years, most Americans, regardless of their views on abortion, have agreed on one very simple principle: No taxpayer should be required to pay for abortion. We have agreed that Americans who believe life begins at conception should not be coerced by the government to violate their conscience. As a Senator, Joe Biden told his constituents that, ``The government should not tell those with strong convictions against abortion, such as you and I, that we must pay for them.'' That was Joe Biden then. Tragically, President Biden and our colleagues across the aisle now want to eliminate lifesaving Hyde amendment protections and force every U.S. taxpayer to fund abortions through government spending. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 18, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act, and ask for its immediate consideration in the House. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Jones). As the Chair previously advised, that request cannot be entertained absent appropriate clearance. ____________________”