Political Quotes

“I want to thank my friend from Massachusetts [Mr. Olver] who himself has been a voice strongly raised to stop the killing, strongly raised to enforce international law, and to say how pleased I am to join him and the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. McCloskey]. There is no person in the United States or perhaps in any place outside of Bosnia and Herzegovina who has raised more consistently a strong voice for humanitarian concerns in that beleaguered nation than the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. McCloskey]. I have been in international meetings with the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. McCloskey], and he has sponsored resolutions which I have supported strongly calling out to the international community to come to its senses and confront international disorder, international lawlessness. We passed today on this floor a crime bill, essentially saying 'enough' to those domestically who would attack others, who would steal from others, who would rape others, who would break the law in an ordered civil society. The statute that we passed today is tough, because we think it is appropriate to be tough. It imposed the death penalty for the taking of lives. It imposes for 3-time offenders of serious crimes life forever segregated from the rest of us to ensure the safety of our communities and our spouses and our children.”