Political Quotes

“I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 201, S. Res. 213. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A resolution (S. Res. 213) expressing support for the free and peaceful exercise of representative democracy in Venezuela and condemning violence and intimidation against the country's political opposition, which had been reported from the Committee on Foreign Relations, with an amendment and an amendment to the preamble and an amendment to the title, as follows: (Strike out all after the resolving clause and insert the part printed in italic.) (Strike the preamble and insert the part printed in italic.) S. Res. 213 Whereas the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela guarantees its citizens full political rights, including the right to freely associate for democratic political purposes, and the right to a secret ballot through regular free, universal, direct elections and referenda; Whereas the Preamble of the Charter of the Organization of American States affirms that ``representative democracy is an indispensable condition for the stability, peace and development of the region,'' and Article 1 of the Inter- American Democratic Charter recognizes that ``the people of the Americas have a right to democracy and their governments have an obligation to promote and defend it''; Whereas the National Electoral Council (CNE) of Venezuela declared Nicol…”