Political Quotes

“Today I rise in strong opposition to the establishment of the panel to investigate Planned Parenthood. The panel's clear partisan aim is to take down Planned Parenthood, an organization providing quality, affordable health care to millions of Americans. Every person has the right to make informed, independent decisions about their health, sexual activity and family planning. Yet, women's reproductive rights continue to come under constant attack at both the state and local levels For all the rhetoric we have heard about how the government should not be in the business of providing health care, the Majority is all too eager to step in and regulate women's access to health services. It is unconscionable that the Majority continues funneling taxpayer dollars to support purely political agendas. Millions were spent defending DOMA after the Justice Department decided it was no longer prudent policy. Even more money is being spent suing President Obama over the Affordable Care Act, even after the Supreme Court upheld the ACA's constitutionality not once, but twice. Most recently, more than $4 million has been spent politicizing the terrorist attack in Benghazi. The Majority now demands we use even more tax payer dollars to attack an organization providing health care to those who need it most, ignoring Congressional committees that found no wrong-doing on the part of Planned Parenthood.…”