James T. Callahan: “I am just telling you the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Pelosi) tells me we should support this because the Pope…”

“I am just telling you the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Pelosi) tells me we should support this because the Pope supports it, and my response to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Pelosi) is the Pope does not support abortion, and that if she is going to pay attention to everything the Pope says, she ought to be on my side on the abortion issue. But I think if I had the opportunity and the privilege of appearing before the Pope for 15 minutes, as I have had the opportunity to appear before other people and convince them, that I could convince the Pope that I am right. The Pope would be issuing a proclamation tomorrow that would be read at the pulpit of every Catholic church in the world saying, Wait a minute. One of our colleagues, Catholic colleagues, has discovered a flaw in this proposal, and we ought to correct it and go forward. That is what I do with the $69 million that I have included in this bill. Let us go forward, but let us do it cautiously.”