Political Quotes

“the Disabilities Convention enjoys strong bipartisan support in the Senate, with Senators McCain, Durbin, Kerry, Barrasso, Coons, Tom Udall, Moran, and Harkin leading the charge to ratify the Convention. With their help, I hope we will be able to move this treaty forward in the future. Twenty-two years ago, Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act to lift the barriers Americans with disabilities faced in everyday life. And ever since the passage of that law, the United States has been a leader in expanding disability rights across the globe. We have led, other countries have followed, and persons with disabilities have found ever greater opportunities to succeed. Now we are presented with an opportunity to strengthen our leadership on disability rights around the world by joining the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. This convention is another step towards ensuring that all people with a disability, in any country, are treated with dignity and given the right to achieve to their full potential. Let me read part of a recent statement to the Foreign Relations Committee from one of my esteemed predecessors, former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, recipient of two Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star for heroic achievement, who was wounded fighting for our country in World War II. U.S.…”