11/09/2009
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"This bill attempts to wipe it all out to eliminate even minimal regulations that most Americans support."
"this bill makes a pretty clear statement that there is nothing unique about abortion, nothing that makes it different from any other medical procedure."
"I do not recall Congress ever passing a law that prohibited States from enacting entire categories of laws simply because Congress says so."
"You know, Congress has a few times told the States that they had to pass certain legislation, but only as a condition of receiving Federal funds of some kind."