Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I rise today to express my support for H.R. 1457, which recognizes the one-year anniversary of the Government of Iran's deceitful manipulation of Iranian elections and the Government's continued violation of Iranian citizens' democracy and their human rights. One year ago, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was re-elected to become the President of Iran in an unfair and manipulated election. Since then, this date, the Iranian regime, run by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has continually violated the human rights of innocent Iranian citizens, brutally beating back popular demonstrations against Mr. Ahmadinejad's election. This resolution is necessary and desperately important to show the world that the United States does not condone oppression and supports the Iranian people in their quest for freedom and democracy. Our country has always prided itself on the human rights our own citizens enjoy. I believe we should strive to protect and champion the freedoms of people the world over. Unrestricted arrests of innocent individuals, killing of citizens who oppose the government, and extreme oppression of women, all common acts by the Iranian regime, that must be stopped. There needs to be a continued strong disapproving stance taken by our nation towards the destructive and unfair way that the Iranian regime treats its people.…”