Political Quotes

“this morning I joined my friend, the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Jones), to attend a prayer breakfast near the Capitol where more than 50 representatives of the Christian and Jewish faiths issued a national call for reflection on the Central American Free Trade Agreement. The gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Jones) just described that prayer breakfast, that time of reflection. Despite deep and broad opposition to the Central American Free Trade Agreement, House leadership has promised to bring the agreement to the floor of the House for a vote next week. As an elected official, as a citizen of our great Nation, that disappoints me. As a Lutheran, as a person of faith, I find this trade agreement violates the tenets of my faith and the tenets of my belief in social justice. Whether Christian or Jew or Muslim, the Abramaic tradition is rooted in the principles of responsibility to each other as brethren, in doing unto others as you would have them do unto you. As Christians, we are given the New Testament, which shares with us Christ's teachings of social and economic justice. As Members of Congress, as Democrats and Republicans, we see firsthand the real and tangible effects of trade policies that contradict those teachings. CAFTA does just that.…”