On the recordMarch 10, 2003
This is a banned medical procedure that affects the reproductive system of a woman. I argue that you can make the case and you will ban things you agree with, but you do not want to ban things you do not agree with. That does not mean the Congress does not have a right, when we find something to be abhorrent, that we believe is not in the best interest of the medical profession and women in this country and particularly, obviously, the child in the process of being born, to step forward and ban what we believe are harmful and destructive procedures. That is what we have done in this case. The Senator from Washington spent 90 percent of the time talking about anything but this bill, which leads me to the old saw when I was a lawyer: If you cannot argue the facts, argue the law; if you cannot argue the law, pound the table. In this case, we are pounding the table.
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