Political Quotes

“I ask the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid on the table, there be no intervening action or debate, and any statements be printed in the Record. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The resolution (S. Res. 22) was agreed to. The preamble was agreed to. The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows: S. Res. 22 Whereas Coptic Christians are a native Egyptian population and the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria was founded by the Evangelist Saint Mark the Apostle in approximately 42 A.D. and is the oldest Christian church in Africa; Whereas Copts in Egypt constitute the largest Christian community in the Middle East and the largest Christian minority group in the region; Whereas Coptic Christians account for at least 9 percent of Egypt's population of 80,000,000 and number more than 3,000,000 outside of Egypt, including 1,000,000 in the United States; Whereas, on New Year's Day 2011, a suicide bomber targeting Coptic Christians blew himself up in front of the Saint George and Bishop Peter Church in Alexandria, Egypt, killing at least 21 people and injuring almost 100 others; Whereas President Barack Obama and other world leaders have condemned the attack and called for its perpetrators to ``be brought to justice for this barbaric and heinous act''; Whereas the head of Egypt's Coptic Christian community, Pope Shenouda III, has called on President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak to increase security for the…”