Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I want to thank Chairman Royce for his amazing leadership and also Ranking Member Engel. They brought this important and timely resolution to the floor, and I am so grateful to have worked not only with Chairman Royce and Ranking Member Engel, but also with Chairman Cook and Ranking Member Sires of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee. All of us introduced H. Res. 981, and this resolution, as Mr. Sires and Mr. Royce have pointed out, condemns the persecution; it condemns the intimidation, the violence, and the murders that are being committed by the Government of Nicaragua against its citizens under the orders of Daniel Ortega. Mr. Speaker, 450, that is how many Nicaraguans have been killed by Ortega's regime and its thugs just since April of this year. Heaven knows how many today or how many just these past days. The death toll is rising every day. And as the regime has now authorized a shoot-to- kill policy in cities like Masaya and Jinotega, shoot to kill against dissidents, against protesters, and add that to the thousands who have been injured, arrested, and forced disappearances, we are talking about a massive and severe repression by a regime that will do anything to stay in power. That is what this is all about. Ortega and his wife want to stay in power at all costs.…”