Political Quotes

“Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows At the end of title VII, add the follow new section: SEC. 708. INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WOMEN AND VIOLENT EXTREMISM. (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, and the head of any element of the intelligence community the Director determines appropriate, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an intelligence assessment on the relationship between women and violent extremism and terrorism throughout the world, including an assessment of-- (1) the historical trends and current state of women's varied roles worldwide in all aspects of violent extremism and terrorism, including as recruiters, sympathizers, perpetrators, and combatants, as well as peace-builders and preventers; (2) how women's roles in all aspects of violent extremism and terrorism are likely to change in the near- and medium- term; (3) the extent to which the unequal status of women affects the ability of armed combatants and terrorist groups to enlist or conscript women as combatants and perpetrators of violence; (4) how terrorist groups violate the rights of women and girls, including child, early, and forced marriage, abduction, sexual violence, and huma…”