Political Quotes

“Today in Sudan people are given a simple choice. They are either told to embrace the state-sponsored faith or die. That is the choice. Many of them are dying. You have heard the numbers. Several of our Members have gone over there. They can identify with what is going on. They have seen it firsthand. Can the American people identify with the tragedy that we know as Sudan? Yes, they can, because the same kind of hatred was directed at them on September 11 when 3,000 of our fellow Americans were killed by this same radical Islamic movement that basically said, If you don't agree with us, you're an infidel; and if you're an infidel, we'll kill you. That is what happened here on September 11. That is what is happening every day in Sudan. I think Chuck Colson probably summarized it better on how Americans can imagine what is going on in Sudan: Now, imagine September 11 happening 666 times. Imagine 2 million Americans being killed by radical Islam. Then you will have an idea of what the citizens of southern Sudan have endured at the hands of the government in Khartoum. That is right, 666 times. If September 11 happened another 666 times, we would have the number of innocent people that have been killed in Sudan; 4.5 million raped, brutalized, bombed, put in slavery. Yet it goes on and on. Mr. Speaker, I commend the House. We offered a very strong bill which would have helped put an end to this slaughter in Sudan.”