Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, in 2022, President Biden issued new Department of Defense policy using taxpayer dollars to fund time off, lodging, and travel expenses for elective abortions. My amendment will stop this unlawful practice and return to the high protections codified in law. In recent years, President Biden and many of my Democratic colleagues have embraced a radical, pro-abortion stance, going so far as to push to federally legalize abortion for any reason up until the moment of birth. I am not sure why we have gone from wanting abortions to be safe, legal, and rare to encouraging taxpayer-funded abortion on demand, but here we are. My colleagues on the other side of the aisle can't define a single limitation that my colleagues would support on elective abortions. Republicans are offering solutions that support women throughout their pregnancy while my colleagues on the other side are taking the antiwoman stance of incentivizing abortions. Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to support this commonsense amendment to not only follow the law and enforce the law, but to do so while protecting the most vulnerable, the unborn. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.”