Political Quotes

“I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to Calendar No. 269, S. Res. 75. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A resolution (S. Res. 75) condemning the Government of Iran for its state-sponsored persecution of its Baha'i minority and its continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the resolution, which had been reported from the Committee on Foreign Relations with an amendment and an amendment to the preamble. (Omit the part in boldface brackets and insert the part printed in italic. (Strike the preamble and insert the part printed in italic.) S. Res. 75 [Whereas, in 1982, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, and 2013, Congress declared that it deplored the religious persecution by the Government of Iran of the Baha'i community and would hold the Government of Iran responsible for upholding the rights of all Iranian nationals, including members of the Baha'i Faith; Whereas the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom 2012 Report stated, ``The Baha'i community has long been subject to particularly severe religious freedom violations in Iran.…”