Political Quotes

“I am the author of legislation we will be voting on tomorrow, so I am very proud of the product. I have worked with my colleagues to try to come up with a solution to what I think is a problem that needs to be addressed. To my good friend from Connecticut, I appreciate where he is coming from. He is a fine man. We just disagree on this. He has legislation called the Women's Health Protection Act. He has legislation that will roll back State limitations on abortion that have been proved by the Supreme Court. He disagrees with what the States are doing in light of what the Supreme Court would allow a State to do. He has a piece of legislation that would at the Federal level change all these State laws. I respect his point of view. The point I am trying to make is that he wouldn't have introduced the legislation if he didn't think this was an important topic. To my colleagues on the other side, you have legislation that I would gladly allow you to bring to the floor. I want to have a debate on what we are trying to accomplish here. You have legislation that--I am sure the reason you did it is you would like to change State laws you don't agree with. It is a little bit disingenuous to say we shouldn't be talking about these topics because you drafted legislation on this topic. What am I trying to accomplish? We are one of seven nations in the entire world that allow abortion on demand at 20 weeks, the fifth month of pregnancy.…”