Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I want to start by thanking my friend and colleague Senator Lankford from Oklahoma in organizing a colloquy here recognizing the importance of protecting the lives of the unborn and to bring us together today to make a statement about the importance of standing up for the right to life. I look forward to joining my constituents back in Texas on Saturday, later this week, at the Texas Rally for Life, where I will be honored to speak. It is no mistake that the Declaration of Independence recognizes the importance of the right to life. Life and liberty are among the unalienable rights that have been guaranteed by our Constitution but, more importantly, by our Creator. Now, 3 years have passed since the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, which was judge-made law, drawing an arbitrary line at when abortions would be available or when they would not be available, and excluding any kind of participation from the American people, across this great land of ours of 330-plus million people, about what they thought. This decision returned the authority where it should have been in the first place, until the Supreme Court ruled in Roe v. Wade, back to the States, because now the elected officials in the various States are going to be accountable to their constituents at where that line is drawn. All the States and, thus, all the American people, through their elected representatives and their State legislatures, have an opportunity to weigh in.…”