Political Quotes

“And I rise in support of this measure. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank Chairman Royce, again, for being on top of all these very important issues. Under his leadership, the Foreign Affairs Committee has really taken the lead on important issues such as this. I want to also thank Mr. Smith from New Jersey for sponsoring this resolution. As the chair of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, Chris Smith has been focused on the disturbing surge of anti-Semitism in Europe. He is always there. He always speaks out forcefully about anti-Semitism and other things that are important to him. I am grateful for his leadership. It is disappointing that we still need to take up this sort of measure. As we all know, anti-Semitism, that ancient hatred, has continued smoldering through the centuries. Week after week, we hear reports of new anti-Semitic attacks: the vandalism of the Babi Yar Holocaust site in Kiev--I have been there a number of times. It is very disheartening that that would be desecrated--the targeting of the Great Synagogue in Copenhagen; and, of course, the unfathomable attack, as Chairman Royce mentioned, in Paris last January. We would be foolish to dismiss this surge in anti-Semitism as the work of violent, fringe individuals. In countries like Hungary and Greece, shamefully, we see explicitly anti-Semitic political parties winning seats and elections.…”