Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding and for his leadership and thank he and Mr. Smith, two gentlemen from New Jersey, for being champions for human rights. I also thank Mr. McCaul and Mr. Eliot Engel, the ranking member and the chair of the committee. And I thank Mr. Malinowski for being a champion for human rights even before he came to Congress. My colleagues, next week marks 71 years since the nations of the world gathered in Paris to enshrine our global commitment to human rights in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The opening words of that declaration read: ``Recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice, and peace in the world. ``Whereas, disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind.'' Today, the human dignity and human rights of the Uighur community are under threat from Beijing's barbarous actions, which are an outrage to the collective conscience of the world.…”