Political Quotes

“I thank my good friend for yielding, and I thank both Ranking Member McCaul and Chairman Meeks for their extraordinary leadership on this important bill that is before us today. I want to thank Mr. Meeks for his eloquent remarks a moment ago summarizing the absolute atrocities that are being committed by Vladimir Putin, his military, and Lukashenko who is the enabler, the President of Belarus. The gentleman has described in vivid detail just how horrific this is. And as my good friend from Texas said a moment ago, my father fought in World War II as well in the South Pacific, but the crimes that were committed by imperial Japan and by the Nazis are now being replicated on a grand scale by Vladimir Putin. It has to stop, and it has to stop yesterday. So I rise in strong support of this legislation. Madam Speaker, on March 8 I chaired a hearing at the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission entitled ``Accountability for Russia's War Crimes and Aggression Against Ukraine.'' The day before I also introduced a resolution calling for accountability for Vladimir Putin for his crimes against the Ukrainian people and his aggression against Ukraine. The witnesses could not have been more clear that delay is denial and that we need to act now. I was very much involved with the court in the former Yugoslavia and very involved with the court for Sierra Leone. David Crane led that effort. I was very involved with the Rwandan court and tried to get a court for Syria but failed.…”