Political Quotes

“I ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the Hirono amendment to the preamble be agreed to, the preamble, as amended, be agreed to, and the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The resolution (S. Res. 129) was agreed to. The amendment (No. 1143) was agreed to, as follows: In the fifth whereas clause of the preamble, strike ``nearly 6 percent'' and insert ``approximately 5.5 percent and 0.4 percent, respectively,''. The preamble, as amended, was agreed to. The resolution, with its preamble, as amended, reads as follows: S. Res. 129 Whereas the United States joins together each May to pay tribute to the contributions of generations of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who have enriched the history of the United States; Whereas the history of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States is inextricably tied to the story of the United States; Whereas the Asian-American and Pacific Islander community is an inherently diverse population comprised of more than 45 distinct ethnicities and more than 100 language dialects; Whereas, according to the Bureau of the Census, the Asian- American population grew faster than any other racial or ethnic group in the United States during the last decade, surging nearly 46 percent between 2000 and 2010, which is a growth rate 4 times faster than that of the total population of the United States; Whereas the 2010 dec…”