Political Quotes

“I ask unanimous consent the Bennet amendment, which is at the desk, be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read three times and passed, and the motion to reconsider be made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment (No. 2851) was agreed to, as follows: On page 4, line 18, strike ``in honor of'' and insert ``to''. The bill (S. 1456) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time and passed, as follows: S. 1456 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. FINDINGS. Congress makes the following findings: (1) Shimon Peres was born in Poland in 1923. (2) The Peres family emigrated to Tel Aviv in 1934, and all of the family members of Shimon Peres who remained in Poland were murdered during the Holocaust. (3) Before Israel gained independence, Shimon Peres earned the respect of senior leaders in the independence movement in Israel, most notably David Ben-Gurion. (4) The founding generation of Israel was central to the development of Israel, and Shimon Peres is the only surviving member of that founding generation. (5) Shimon Peres has served in numerous high-level cabinet positions and ministerial posts in Israel, including head of the Israeli Navy, Minister of Defense, Foreign Minister, Prime Minister, and President, among many others.…”