Political Quotes

Ted Yoho: “Hostage taking is not a game that responsible nations play.”

On the recordJuly 24, 2017
Hostage taking is not a game that responsible nations play.
Said by
Ted Yoho
Republican · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Condemning Iran's actions regarding hostage-taking.

Share

More from Ted Yoho

Dec 7, 2020

One of the principles this country was founded upon was the freedom to worship. This is a right that people all around the world should have, including the people of Iran. Resolutions like this remind the world that the United States of…

govinfo.gov
Sep 21, 2020

I feel no country has done more to promote human rights in all the regions of the world than the United States.

congress.gov
Sep 21, 2020

Without some accountability and transparency, we do not know where that money is going.

congress.gov
Dec 7, 2020

I think where we have seen China really step up is after the 19th Chinese Communist Party in 2017, when Xi Jinping very bluntly and boldly said, it is time for China to take the world's center stage.

congress.gov

Other voices in this conversation