Political Quotes

“the suffering in Darfur and Sudan on the continent of Africa continues today as it has every day for too many years. I rise again to urge my colleagues that we must do more to end this crisis in Sudan. Two weeks ago, before the Memorial Day recess, I came to the floor to highlight some of the positive steps taken thus far by Congress, the Bush administration, the business community, and nonprofits to pressure the Sudanese regime to end this genocide. I said then and I will repeat today: We must do more. In that speech I urged the President to follow through on what he promised to do in April at the Holocaust museum just down the street in Washington. To the President's credit, last week he took steps forward. He tightened United States economic sanctions on Sudan. He targeted sanctions against more individuals responsible for the violence, and he vowed to push for a strong new United Nations Security Council resolution that would further pressure the Sudanese regime. I applaud the President for his leadership. But I repeat, we must do more. On March 28, as Treasury Secretary Paulson testified in front of the Appropriations subcommittee I chair, I asked the Secretary: What resources does the Treasury Department need to put more pressure on the Sudanese Government to end the genocide? His answer: . . . We'd like the flexibility to charge a larger fine, because $50,000 may not be enough.…”