Political Quotes

“Mr. Chair, I will just add to some comments made about medical doctors. The medical doctors are making money on this. Gas stations make money. The free enterprise system does that, and for them to be in favor of it, they are doing the surgery, and they are getting paid for it. The military is meant to defend this country, and it has gotten away from that. That is what the American people are so sick of. In another amendment, I brought up the fact that 168 generals and people active in the military are saying that that is why the recruitment is down 30 percent. It is for just what the other side is trying to oppose. On my particular amendment, you have to realize this program was meant to help families with special needs. Now, Mr. Chair, if you don't know whether you are a man or a woman, that is fine, go figure it out, and you pay for it, not the government from money we don't have. Mr. Chair, let me just name you some of the things that are included now but by providing transgender surgery that will take away from these programs. I guarantee you, Mr. Chair, you can ask and do a poll of everyone in the balcony: Do you want to do away with funds for life-threatening conditions or chronic conditions for transgender surgery? Do you want to take away asthma and respiratory-related diagnoses for transgender surgery? Do you want to delay intellectual development by taking the dollars away for that for transgender surgery?…”