Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I rise today in support of the Sanders-Murphy resolution. It is time to end our involvement in the war in Yemen. In 2015, I was notified by a senior Saudi official of the Kingdom's intention to take military action in Yemen. I was assured the conflict would not last long. I was told it would be precise and focus on ousting the Houthis and restoring the Hadi government. Nearly 4 years later, the war in Yemen has dragged on. All we have seen is widespread death and destruction with no end in sight. For nearly 4 years, the coalition has bombed Yemen once every 100 minutes, and one-third of those strikes targeted nonmilitary sites. So far, the war has directly killed more than 16,000 civilians, with tens of thousands more injured. Without a resolution to this conflict, many thousands more will undoubtedly die. But those deaths don't paint the whole picture. The ongoing war, with our support, has created the world's worst humanitarian disaster. Nearly 85,000 children have died of severe malnutrition, and another 400,000 are at risk of the same fate. Fourteen million people require emergency food aid just to see another day. A majority of Yemen's population does not have access to clean water, sanitation or adequate public healthcare. Cholera and other diseases are rampant throughout Yemen as public services have collapsed. There have been 1.2 million suspected cases of cholera, resulting in 2,500 fatalities from this entirely preventable disease.…”