Political Quotes

“I will. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there an objection to the request as modified? Without objection, it is so ordered. There being no objection, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs was discharged, and the Senate proceeded to consider the resolution (S. Res. 596) and the bill (S. 3798) en bloc. The amendment (No. 1821) in the nature of a substitute was agreed to, as follows (Purpose: In the nature of a substitute) Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Hong Kong Autonomy Act''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. Sec. 3. Findings. Sec. 4. Sense of Congress regarding Hong Kong. Sec. 5. Identification of foreign persons involved in the erosion of the obligations of China under the Joint Declaration or the Basic Law and foreign financial institutions that conduct significant transactions with those persons. Sec. 6. Sanctions with respect to foreign persons that contravene the obligations of China under the Joint Declaration or the Basic Law. Sec. 7. Sanctions with respect to foreign financial institutions that conduct significant transactions with foreign persons that contravene the obligations of China under the Joint Declaration or the Basic Law. Sec. 8. Waiver, termination, exceptions, and congressional review process. Sec. 9.…”