Political Quotes

“Madam Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Chair, on behalf of myself, my fellow Texan Chip Roy, and over 70 cosponsors, I urge all of my colleagues to vote in strong support of my amendment to repeal the Department of Defense's illegal and immoral abortion policy. In the wake of the Supreme Court's historic Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, the Biden administration immediately set out to sidestep the Court's ruling and circumvent the law wherever possible. The Biden administration has encouraged every Federal agency to create rules and adopt policies that not only expand abortion access but also leave American taxpayers on the hook to subsidize abortion services. As evidence of this, in October of last year, the Secretary of Defense released a memo titled: ``Ensuring Access to Reproductive Health Care.'' This memo outlined the steps taken by the Department in order to use taxpayer dollars to provide servicemembers and their dependents access to abortions and allows for taxpayer dollars to be used so that healthcare providers can obtain the licensing required to perform such procedures. According to its illegal policy, which is now in place, DOD can and will reimburse travel expenses for servicemembers and their dependents who travel specifically to obtain an abortion in another State.…”