Bart Stupak Quotes (13 Quotes)

When I came to Congress, like our first panel, small business people, 64 percent of the people had health insurance. We'd buy it. Now, we're down to about 34 percent. That's why we have to do something on health care in this country because the cost is killing us.

All I'm asking for is the law that's been on the books for the last 33 years, no public funding for abortion. We are both saying the same thing, pro-life, pro-choice. Let's find the language that works for both of us so we can pass health care.

Over the long term, no one's going to come to New Orleans without access to medical care, ... You will never get the reconstruction until you get some basic services like health care. If we can rebuild Iraq, we should be able to rebuild the Gulf.

I'll put my progressive credentials up against anyone's.

This ship will now serve as an educational resource to help people better understand the history of the vessel, the Coast Guard, and the maritime history of the Great Lakes,

We are not voting for health care if we do not resolve this language on public funding for abortion - no public funding for abortion.

FEMA had the resources, but because of bureaucracy, they were slow to the punch causing countless numbers of America's most vulnerable to suffer, ... I support cutting the red tape of the only agency designated to provide this needed relief so a similar outcome can be prevented in the future.

We believe the Senate language provides for federal subsidies for abortions. Plus there's a language in there where you have to pay one dollar per month, every enrollee, to pay for a fund for reproductive rights which include abortion. And that's totally against federal law. So we are saying take that out.

Working men and women have not had a fair shake in this country for the last few years and we really have to get back to the point where we take care of our people here first,

If you want to continue to sell guns outside the normal course of market, being the hardware store or the gun shop the street, if you're going to do it outside that course of business then maybe you have to wait a little longer before you receive that gun,

Why would Senator Allen want to oppose saving money for the state? It's simply another example of Republicans fighting the governor tooth and nail against any measure where she might be able to turn the state's budget around.

Right-to-life groups won't fund us because we're Democrats.

I've had some threaten not to give Communion to me, even though they don't know my position, just because I'm a Democrat. I've had cardinals refuse to shake my hand because I'm a Democrat.