Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I want to follow that last train of logic. Basically, if a trans person receives medical care, it is, by definition, taking medical care away from somebody else. I guess, if a cancer patient is receiving medical care, that is taking it away from somebody else. That is simply not true. That is not the choice here. If you need healthcare, you should get healthcare. There will be a robust debate within the medical community about what is appropriate, certainly, but, in this case, we are talking about trans children of people who are serving in the military being denied healthcare that they need. I don't feel that we should be denying healthcare to children whose medical professionals say they need it, and it is not a choice of taking it away from somebody else. It is not the way our healthcare system works. What this amendment would do is clearly take healthcare away from families and spouses of servicemembers that a medical doctor has determined that they need. I come back to this argument that somehow our military is being destroyed by wokeness. This is completely and totally untrue. Number one, as we stand here today on the floor, we have the best military in the world. They are serving ably all across the world. It is incredibly talented and incredibly effective. I am offended that the other side of the aisle seems to want to continue to denigrate our military because of a rightwing agenda to wage a culture war.…”