Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern), the sponsor of this bill and chairman of the Rules Committee. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank Chairman Meeks for yielding me the time and for his leadership on this important issue. Mr. Speaker, I am glad that we are able to move this compromised Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act so quickly after the House passed my bill, H.R. 1155, last week. And I want to thank my partner in this effort in the Senate, Senator Marco Rubio, for working quickly and diligently with us to negotiate this agreement. I wanted to especially thank Speaker Pelosi for her strong moral leadership in getting this done. No one in this body--and I mean no one--has had a more consistent and principled position in standing up for the human rights of the people of China and Tibet. She has been a critical part of nearly every single piece of China human rights legislation focused on China that Congress has passed in recent years, and her steadfast commitment to getting this bill across the finish line is why we are here today. Forced labor is a serious human rights abuse. It is illegal under United States law to import goods made with forced labor. But we are compelled to move this legislation by the genocide and crimes against humanity being committed by the Chinese Government against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities, of which forced labor is a key factor.…”