This is a regime that only understands pressure and strength--that's the way to get Lukashenka's attention.
most forms of independent political activity, including [civic] and political party organizing, have been repressed.
I think we ought to go back and not allow failed elections to stand, and I think there should be a new election being held for President.
I came there because we had heard the stories about what had happened after the election.
The OSCE election observation team subsequently singled out this major factor in its criticism of the process.
We, in the Department's Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, are proud to be part of America's diplomacy in this case.
They threw them in jail.
People demonstrate in democracies and life goes on.
I support the health care reform law and I am proud of the benefits that this law gives to Americans.
I am proud of what we accomplished in health reform.
Health care reform reduces the fear families have about providing medical care to their loved ones.
This law puts a stop to that. Insurance companies can no longer abuse women after they have been abused by their husbands.
Health care reform saves lives and saves money. It puts more dollars in families' pockets and not into insurance company's profits.
Do you think he would have bothered to know more if he had been required to personally certify the safety and adequacy of these plans?
I think your recommendations based on the findings you have made are very, very helpful and will be for a lot of us going forward.
I think what you are doing is suggesting a reasonable set of regulatory oversight which in many ways will substitute for what has been a fai...
Without a doubt, road projects create important domestic jobs that need to be restored to our economy.
This must be a top priority for EPW, Senate Banking and Commerce Committees, and for Congress on the whole.
