MSNBC "The Ed Show" - Transcript
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SCHULTZ: And I am joined tonight by Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New
Hampshire.
Senator, good to have you with us on THE ED SHOW tonight. Thanks for
your time.
SEN. JEANNE SHAHEEN (D), NEW HAMPSHIRE: Great to be with you, Ed.
SCHULTZ: Senator, there are 48 members of the United States Senate
who voted for the Blunt Amendment. And this evening, Roy Blunt says the
fight is not over.
What does that mean and how much farther will the Republicans take
this?
SHAHEEN: Well, I don`t know. I hope that they will decide that it`s time to get back to making sure that we can get a highway bill passed that`s going to help create jobs and invest in infrastructure, build the roads and bridges and provide the mass transit that this country needs, and stop trying to come between women and their health care and their doctors.
SCHULTZ: Republicans denied a Georgetown law student, Sandra Fluke, from testifying about contraception before Congress. She did give testimony in front of a House Democratic committee. And now, she`s being targeted by the GOP mouthpiece, Rush Limbaugh.
Here it is.
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LIMBAUGH: What does it say about the college coed Susan Fluke who goes before a congressional committee and essentially says that she must be paid to have sex? What does that make her? It makes her a slut, right?
It makes her a prostitute. She wants to be paid to have sex.
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SCHULTZ: Senator, we all know Limbaugh`s position with the Republican Party. Is there any Republican in the U.S. Senate that would defend that?
SHAHEEN: Listen, I think those remarks are distasteful and they don`t deserve a response.
The fact is here in Congress, we should be respectful of everyone who comes before us and this young woman from Georgetown had a very important story to tell, about the real effect on women of making sure that
contraceptives, like other medications, are available.
And as she pointed out, for 14 percent of women, 1.5 million women, they use contraceptives not for birth control, but for other medical reasons.
SCHULTZ: Senator Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire -- thanks for your time tonight. Appreciate it.
SHAHEEN: Thank you.
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