Political Quotes

“Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 39, after line 21, insert the following new clause: (iii) any entity the Secretary of State determines consistently, knowingly, and directly facilitates and enables state violence and repression, war and occupation, or severe violations of international law and human rights, including as a result of doing business with or providing services to any country-- (I) that is defending against a case before the International Court of Justice relating to an alleged violation by such country of any of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 or their Additional Protocols or the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide; or (II) the current government of which includes officials that have outstanding arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 242, the gentlewoman from Michigan (Ms. Tlaib) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Michigan.”