Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the No Dollars to Uyghur Forced Labor Act. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this critical legislation that would prohibit United States State Department contracts with companies tied to forced labor in the Xinjiang region of China. Our bill would ensure that U.S. funds are not used to finance projects in partnership with companies or organizations that import products mined or manufactured in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. Many basic goods that we consider to be part of our everyday lives as Americans are produced in Xinjiang, including textiles, bricks, cotton, and polysilicon. As home to the majority of China's cotton, coal, and natural gas reserves, and representing one-sixth of China's land mass, the Xinjiang region is central to China's economy. It is considered to be the core hub for China's Belt and Road Initiative, which is China's primary tool to exert economic influence across the globe. China's economy relies in large part on Xinjiang, yet behind its industries lie a horrifying reality: mass detention, forced labor, and brutal oppression of the people who live there. The CCP is oppressing the Uyghur people and other ethnic minorities by detaining them in what they call reeducation centers for forced labor in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of China. {time} 1615 Slavery in any form is morally repugnant.…”