Political Quotes

“Today's vote on H.R. 1797 marks the 10th time since 2011 that House Republicans have held a vote to restrict women's health care options, and as a result endanger the health and well-being of women all across this country. In the last six months, the House has failed to enact a single jobs bill into law. This is unconscionable--especially at a time that families across our country are still struggling just to make ends meet, and so many Americans are still out of work. And yet, here we stand, not discussing ways that Republicans and Democrats can work together to get our economy moving again, but instead we're relitigating the culture wars and actually voting on a bill that would allow Washington politicians to make medical decisions that should be made between women and their doctors. As the Obama Administration has said, this bill is nothing short of an ``assault on a woman's right to choose.'' H.R. 1797 subverts Roe v. Wade and uses pseudoscience to tell women that they're not allowed to make their own health care decisions after the 20th week of a pregnancy. Madam Speaker, rather than using political wedge issues to score points with their electoral base, Republicans should be working with Democrats to put men and women across our country back to work and start growing the economy again. In the strongest terms possible, I urge my colleagues to oppose this extreme proposal.”