Political Quotes

“I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 418, S. Res. 394. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A resolution (S. Res. 394) recognizing the 25th anniversary of Radio Free Asia and its mission to provide an independent source of news to closed societies in Asia. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the resolution, which had been reported from the Committee on Foreign Relations, with an amendment to strike all after the resolving clause and insert in lieu thereof the following: Whereas, after the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre, a bipartisan group of Senators and Members of the House of Representatives, led by then-Senators Joseph R. Biden and Jesse Helms, came together and sponsored legislation to create Radio Free Asia, a news outlet with a congressionally mandated mission to provide unbiased, independent, and domestic journalism for audiences in China, Burma, Cambodia, Laos, North Korea, Tibet, and Vietnam, whose people do not fully enjoy freedom of expression; Whereas Radio Free Asia-- (1) was established by United States law as part of the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C.…”