Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, with 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. 138) was agreed to. The preamble was agreed to. The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows: S. Res. 138 Whereas, on January 12, 2009, the United Nations Human Rights Council passed Resolution S-9/1, authorizing a ``fact- finding mission'' regarding the conduct of the Government of Israel during Operation Cast Lead between December 27, 2008, and January 18, 2009; Whereas that resolution prejudged the outcome of the fact finding mission by mandating that it investigate ``violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law by the occupying power, Israel, against the Palestinian people''; Whereas, on September 15, 2009, the ``United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict'' released its report, now known as the ``Goldstone report'', named for its chair, South African Jurist Richard Goldstone; Whereas the report made numerous unsubstantiated assertions against Israel, in particular accusing the Government of Israel of committing war crimes by deliberately targeting civilians during its operations in Gaza; Whereas the report downplayed the overwhelming evidence that Hamas deliberately used Palestinian civilians and civilian…”