Political Quotes

“once again, I am deeply disappointed. This is the third time a Republican Senator has come to the floor to object to the genocide resolution--the recognition of the genocide resolution. There is never a good time. There is never a good time. In my view, there is always the right time, however, to recognize genocide as genocide. My colleague from North Dakota actually sponsored H. Res. 220, the Armenian genocide resolution, affirming ``the proper commemoration and consistent condemnation of the Armenian Genocide will strengthen our international standing in preventing modern-day genocides'' when he was a Member of the House of Representatives. He was right then. He was right then. The time was right then, and the time is right now. President Erdogan was here in the United States a couple of weeks ago. There was a meeting at the White House. A few of my colleagues had the privilege of joining the President expressing their discontent. Erdogan was given options--a way out of the dilemma that Turkey has put themselves in with the S-400. Basically, they were told either return to Russia and destroy them in our presence and/or give them to us, which, of course, Russia will never allow that to happen, for us to have their technology. There was a deadline. It was yesterday. I waited until today to make sure that in fact we wouldn't intercede in any way with that possibility.…”