Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to this bill, which would give Donald Trump, and any future President, unfettered power to punish civil society groups, news outlets, hospitals, and universities with zero due process. This bill is an authoritarian play by Republicans to expand the sweeping powers of the executive branch, to go after political enemies, and to stifle political dissent. It allows Republicans to empower Donald Trump to go after enemies at will, to put hospitals that provide reproductive care to women out of business, to label environmental advocates as ecoterrorists, to target humanitarian organizations or the foundations that support them, to punish news organizations and think tanks that put out research or policies that contradict Donald Trump, and to obliterate civil liberties groups who seek to protect those very liberties from authoritarianism. Mr. Speaker, Americans want checks and balances, not a blank check for a President to label anyone as a terrorist. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentlewoman has expired.”