Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, as we stand here on the House floor, an American citizen is being wrongfully held in a Russian prison without trial, without any evidence of his supposed crime, denied his rights, suffering, deprived of the medical attention he so desperately needs. This is how Vladimir Putin is treating Paul Whelan, a U.S. citizen who has been unjustly imprisoned in Russia for almost a year. There has been no evidence offered to show that Mr. Whelan has done anything wrong or anything to deserve this horrific imprisonment with no end in sight. Paul's family in Michigan wants to see him returned home safely, and Congress must stand with them and demand justice. H. Res. 552 sends a strong message from Congress. It calls on Russia to either offer up some legitimate evidence that justifies why they have Mr. Whelan in prison or immediately release him and let him come home to his family in the United States. We can't accept this current situation to go on any longer with Mr. Whelan languishing in his cell with no understanding of why he is being subjected to this horror. Sadly, this injustice is what life is like in Putin's Russia. There is no independent judicial process. There are no rights for defendants. There is abuse, mistreatment, corruption. It is critical that we all keep this in mind.…”