Political Quotes

“Let me continue with this thought, and if there is time, I will consider yielding to the gentlewoman from Texas. Now, while they were crafting the Affordable Care Act, they were fully cognizant of the same restrictions they had written into law in the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The Supreme Court simply looked at the facts and said that a Federal agency--in this case, the Department of Health and Human Services--in a rulemaking activity cannot negate a law that was passed by the people's representatives in the Congress. I think that is as it should be. If there was anything, there were drafting errors in the Affordable Care Act. I have spoken about that time and again. But why weren't the same people who were tasked with writing the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, why weren't they watchful while they were writing their own health care law? Now, let's talk for just a minute about the Hobby Lobby decision. The first thing--and it is important to stress this--no FDA-approved contraceptive that was available to women before the decision is unavailable after the decision. The Court simply said that the government cannot force a citizen to violate his or her religious beliefs paying for medicine that a citizen believes takes a life. No employer before or after Hobby Lobby can prevent a woman from purchasing any contraceptive that is currently available. We also heard criticism from the minority that the House was doing other things than doing its work.…”