J.C. Watts: “I come to the floor tonight on behalf of the thousands of Oklahomans and millions of Americans who have swamped our…”

“I come to the floor tonight on behalf of the thousands of Oklahomans and millions of Americans who have swamped our offices with letters, phone calls, postcards and many, many petitions in opposition to the President's shameful veto of the partial birth abortion ban. I have here a stack of petitions with thousands of names that concerned Oklahomans gathered throughout the State. The citizens were practicing their constitutional right and constitutional responsibility to petition their government with their grievances. I was proud to have these names with me on the floor of the House and to share them with my colleagues last Thursday when this body voted to override the President's veto. Today I bring them to the floor once again on the day of the vote in the other Chamber. Regretfully the Senate did not garner the necessary vote total to complete the task of overriding the President's veto that allows this brutal procedure to continue. I believe it is critical that we continue working in the 105th Congress to bring to an end this brutal late-term abortion procedure.”