Political Quotes

“I rise to make a unanimous consent request in regards to legislation that has already been passed by the committees of authorization. This is a bill that deals with fighting corruption globally. I need not remind my colleagues that ``corruption threatens the United States' national security, economic equity, global antipoverty and development efforts, and democracy itself.'' That was a quote in regards to President Biden's published memorandum of establishing the fight against corruption as a core United States national security interest. We have heard this over and over again. I was in the White House a few years back, and the National Security Council was convened because of the spread of corruption globally. It presents a national security threat to the United States of America, and we find that many countries are moving in the wrong direction in anticorruption measures, and there are identifiable issues--independent judiciary, dealing with antibribery status, dealing with public disclosure-type requirements. There are things that are pretty well-identified internationally as necessary in fighting corruption. Yesterday, I was in a hearing in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee with one of our closest allies, Georgia; and their judiciary is no longer independent, presenting real problems for our national security interests.…”