Political Quotes

“Mr. President, over and over, we see the President and Republicans in Congress trying to take healthcare away from people, particularly women. We see it with the President's lawsuits, trying to take away the consumer protections for preexisting conditions. We see the vote in the Senate--defeated by one vote, but a vote in the Senate--which would have scaled back the bipartisan Medicaid expansion in Ohio that my Republican Governor--I am a Democrat--and we did bipartisanly in Ohio. We have seen attempts by Republicans to take away healthcare then, and now we--especially just this week--see that with women's healthcare. That is what the bills we voted down this week were all about. They are about politicians putting themselves in the middle of the sacred doctor-patient relationship. It intimidates women, and it intimidates medical professionals. Doctors aren't sure what might happen to them in some cases. It takes away the freedom of women to make their own decisions. We defeated them earlier this week, but they are not letting up. They tried again to pass yet another bill that has only one purpose: stigmatizing women's healthcare. Supporters of these bills, including the President of the United States, have spread lies and misinformation. It is despicable. That is why doctors and medical experts alike oppose these bills.…”