Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman from Colorado, and I sadly rise in opposition to the rule. I really cry out to ask the question: Who should refuse to help a victim of domestic violence? Who has the right to deny a victim--Native American, immigrant, LGBT community; who has that right? It is obvious that this legislation is not bipartisan, and it is obvious that there is still a divide. It is obvious that the groups who obviously work with these victims--many whom I have the opportunity of seeing through the eyes of the Houston Area Women's Center--realize that no provider wants to pick and choose. It is clear that the underlying bill does not work. The Senate bill is what answers the question of these victims who now have been harmed, because what you're saying to an immigrant who is here on a visa, you are saying to them that they have no relief. I believe this bill will not work. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentlewoman has expired.”