Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California (Mr. McCarthy), the majority leader of the House. Mr. McCARTHY. I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Madam Speaker, before I begin, I want to thank Congressman John Fleming, and I want to thank Congresswoman Diane Black. Before we come here as Members of Congress, we have occupations. John Fleming happens to be a doctor. Diane Black started out as a nurse and is still a nurse. Her decades of experience, especially on this issue, are what have driven her in her work to make it here today. Madam Speaker, I want to be explicitly clear so as to remove any confusion about what this legislation is and why we are voting on it today. This bill is not about abortion. Now, I am profoundly pro-life, and I don't hide it, but this bill isn't about that. It is about respecting people with different opinions and letting them live their lives without having the fear of punishment. I am not asking people to change their closely held beliefs today. After all, every law on the books that has governed abortion before this bill will remain exactly the same after this bill is passed. The message is more fundamental: don't force those who are deeply and morally opposed to something to fund it, support it, or perform it. We all know America is unlike any other place. In America, we have Amish farmers, modern artists, stock market analysts, teachers, oil rig workers.…”