Political Quotes

“Mr. President, unfortunately, our Democratic friends have now blocked another vital piece of legislation from moving forward by a vote of 54 to 42. The cloture vote on the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act has failed on that cloture vote. But I want to point out to our colleagues that this is not the end of this discussion. This is the beginning of the discussion once again. I would point out that over the years we have actually been making some progress in favor of an agenda that favors life. In 2007 eight Senate Republicans opposed defunding Planned Parenthood, by 2011 five Senate Republicans opposed defunding Planned Parenthood, and in August just one Senator opposed it by voting to filibuster the bill. Last time we had zero Democratic Senators vote on such a measure. In August we got two. The pain-capable bill that was blocked by Senate Democrats last year, of course, is what we just voted on again. Today we had an opportunity to be on the record and advocate for what is a top priority for pro- life groups. There is legislation that has passed in the House of Representatives--namely, the born-alive piece of legislation, which really shouldn't divide Congress the way perhaps the defunding of Planned Parenthood bill has because at some point, whether you are pro- choice or pro-life, hopefully we can agree that a child who is basically grown to full-term in their mother should be protected from the abortion industries.…”