Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 515) to reauthorize the Belarus Democracy Act of 2004, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 515 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Belarus Democracy and Human Rights Act of 2011''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS; STATEMENT OF POLICY. Sections 2 and 3 of the Belarus Democracy Act of 2004 (Public Law 109-480; 22 U.S.C. 5811 note) is amended to read as follows: ``SEC. 2. FINDINGS. ``Congress finds the following: ``(1) The Government of Belarus has engaged in a pattern of clear and uncorrected violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms. ``(2) The Government of Belarus has engaged in a pattern of clear and uncorrected violations of basic principles of democratic governance, including through a series of fundamentally flawed presidential and parliamentary elections undermining the legitimacy of executive and legislative authority in that country. ``(3) The Government of Belarus has subjected thousands of pro-democratic political activists to harassment, beatings, and jailings, particularly as a result of their attempts to peacefully exercise their right to freedom of assembly and association.…”