Political Quotes

“this amendment is an attempt to deal with a shocking continuing problem in the foreign arena. Shocking I believe because most Americans would find it hard to imagine that efforts are still being made by a number of countries around the world to effect a secondary and tertiary boycott against the State of Israel. Unbelievable in a way because at a time when Israel has made enormous concessions and sits at the bargaining table with the potential of making new and additional concessions, there is such a focused effort to effect cruel and almost a crippling boycott of businesses that attempt to trade and do business with Israel. Most Americans, I think, would be shocked to understand that there were 8,660 boycott requests that were documented by the Office of Antiboycott Compliance of the Department of Commerce this last year. Shocked because not only our Nation but dozens of other nations around the world have made an enormous commitment and contribution and sacrifice to try and bring peace to the Middle East. If Israel is willing to step forward and make sacrifices that threaten her very security and her borders, surely we should be willing to stand up and condemn in clear and unequivocal language an attempt to effect a cruel boycott against her. It strikes at the very ability of Israel to move forward in the peace process, and it strikes at the very heart of the President's efforts to bring peace to the Middle East. This measure is very simple.…”