Political Quotes

“Every day, Americans sit at their kitchen tables, and they do a number of things, including trying to figure out how to stretch that dollar and how to stop unnecessary spending. And they are asking us in Congress to do the same. I look at this room as our kitchen table. Over the last week, we have debated that issue: How do we stretch the American tax-paying dollar? Tonight, Madam Chair, I rise in support of the Pence amendment because it ensures that our precious tax dollars will no longer go to a group whose main purpose is to provide abortions. Make no mistake: Planned Parenthood is our Nation's largest abortion provider. It receives one-third of its $1.1 billion from tax-paying Americans. For the sake of abortion, Planned Parenthood holds itself above the law, ignoring mandatory reporting requirements, skirting parental consent, and aiding and abetting child sex-trafficking. Madam Chair, this hurts young girls in the process. Four years of investigations show 17 Planned Parenthood clinics in 10 different States facilitating the sexual exploitation of women.”