Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself as much time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, the three measures the House will now consider are extraordinary, extraordinary but necessary, because they respond to what I view as an extraordinary abuse of power by the Trump administration, using a phony emergency to override the authority of Congress and push through $8 billion in arms sales. Each of these resolutions would prohibit a specific license for the export of precision-guided munitions, or smart bombs, and related components. We are focusing on these three licenses because the weapons would be the first ones shipped. Mr. Speaker, it is no secret that Congress has serious concerns about the Saudi-led coalition's war in Yemen. The Saudis and their partners and, for that matter, the United States do have legitimate security concerns about the efforts of Iran and its proxies to destabilize the Gulf region. But as this war has dragged on, it has become clear that the coalition has carried out its campaign with little regard for innocent life: schoolbuses full of children destroyed in a fiery flash, weddings and funerals incinerated with no warning, civilian buildings and communities targeted. Reckless doesn't begin to describe it. It is gruesome. It has contributed to the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. {time} 1315 To make matters worse, many of the weapons used in this carnage were built in America, sold by American companies to the Saudis and their partners.…”