Political Quotes

“I further ask that the Shaheen amendment at the desk to the committee-reported amendment to the resolution be agreed to, and that the committee-reported amendment, as amended, be agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment (No. 4921) was agreed to, as follows: (Purpose: To make technical amendments) On page 13, strike lines 1 through 8, and insert the following: (7) calls for the unconditional release of all political prisoners and journalists detained on dubious charges, including opposition candidates Sergei Tikhanovsky and Viktar Babaryka, pro-democracy activist Maria Kalesnikava, and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalists Ihar Losik, Aleh Hruzdzilovich, and Andrey Kuznechyk; On page 14, lines 8 and 9, strike ``consider all economic, political, and diplomatic tools'' and insert ``consider further tools''. The committee-reported amendment, in the nature of a substitute, as amended, was agreed to.”