Political Quotes

“I rise in support of the motion before us. Over and over again, polls have shown the public does not support Federal funding of abortions. Unfortunately, the Senate rejected the will of the people and passed a bill that has become known as the most massively pro- abortion piece of legislation to come before Congress since Roe v. Wade. Despite the political runaround that we've been given this last week, the facts remain before us today: The Senate bill departs from longstanding current policy and achieves the exact opposite effect of current law, and an Executive order promised by the President will not change these facts. An Executive order does not trump a statute. The courts will undoubtedly look to the legislative text to interpret the law. Moreover, the promised order fails to even correct the egregious pro- life concerns contained in this bill. It will simply reiterate the meaningless accounting scheme cooked up by the Senate bill. Regardless of what type of gimmick is employed to facilitate the abortion payments, the result will be the same. The abortion rate will rise and more unborn lives will be lost. The Executive order does nothing to prevent funding for abortion in the co-op program or prevent funding for abortion in the high-risk insurance pool program. The Executive order does not prevent HRSA from issuing regs that include abortion as a preventive service, thereby mandating all individual plans and group plans include abortion as a required service.…”