Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, this is the Engel-Gilman amendment on the International Fund for Ireland principles. I want to at the outset thank the gentleman from New York [Mr. Gilman] from the Committee on International Relations for all his help and hard work on this amendment. This amendment is very simple. It simply says that the International Fund for Ireland, to which the United States contributes $20 million per year, that funding for the International Fund for Ireland should not go to any entity in the north of Ireland that discriminates. We want to ensure that any entity which receives money from the International Fund for Ireland is committed to the principles of nondiscrimination. This is very similar to what was done in South Africa with the Sullivan principles, and this essentially embraces what is called the MacBride principles of nondiscrimination. This is identical to a bill that I have carried for the past 8 years and under the current Congress, H.R. 150, which sets up nine guidelines to eliminate religious-based discrimination in employment and job training processes in the north of Ireland, while banning provocative sectarian and political emblems from the workplace.”