Mike Pence: “the Bible tells us that pure religion is this: ``To look after widows and orphans in their distress.'' And I rise…”

“the Bible tells us that pure religion is this: ``To look after widows and orphans in their distress.'' And I rise tonight, preparing to catch up with my wife and our three small children for dinner, feeling compelled in my heart to stand up on behalf of a young American woman and her two small children who at this very hour are hold up in the U.S. consulate in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. I rise to tell the story of Sarah Saga and her two little girls, this American woman, and to demand State Department action. As a member of the Committee on International Relations, I am obviously fascinated to see the House of Saud and the Government of Saudi Arabia engaging in a public relations campaign here in America. In markets across the country, our television screens are being flooded with a message that Saudi Arabia is a ``modern nation''; that America and Saudi Arabia have ``shared values.'' Prince Bandar Bin Sultan, the Saudi Arabia Ambassador to the United States, is part of a public relations offensive to change the image of the Saudi Government. But I would offer today, as is documented in today's editorial page of the Wall Street Journal, we do not need words, Mr. Speaker; we need actions by the House of Saud.”