Political Quotes

“Mr. President, of course, I am disappointed by the chairman's objection, but I take his commitment to work on this issue to heart, and I look forward to doing that. I would like to speak for a moment about the amendment and the reason I was very hopeful, and remain hopeful, that we may get the chance to vote on this before the consideration of this bill is passed because in this legislation is substantial funding in order to perpetuate a bombing campaign inside Yemen that is making this country less safe. I argue that since this bill was debated in the Appropriations Committee, some horrifying, new information has come to light that should cause us to reconsider whether this is something that is so urgent, we need to deal with it now, this week, that it can't wait. Unfortunately, these pictures are a dime a dozen. You could find any number of them every single day coming out of this theater. This picture, in particular, is of a community center that was bombed by the Saudi and UAE-led coalition that the United States finances and supports. Inside this community center, a funeral was occurring when it was ostensibly targeted and bombed by the United States, the Saudis, and the UAE. This is a horrifying scene, in and of itself, but to know a funeral was occurring there makes it even worse. What we now know is, the targeting of civilians inside Yemen is getting worse, not better. The new information I spoke of is something that I think is on the minds of many of my colleagues.…”