Political Quotes

“I have come to the floor to fight for answers--answers that are long overdue. In 2018, my hometown newspaper, The Oregonian, identified a handful of cases where Saudi nationals accused of serious crimes in the United States, like manslaughter and sexual assault, fled the country and escaped American justice. Since then, The Oregonian has identified numerous similar cases--in fact, almost two dozen such cases across the United States. That includes 19 in just the last 7 years. Today I want to tell the Senate about just one of those cases. Three years ago, not far from my home in Southeast Portland, a young woman had her life taken from her. Fallon Smart was then a rising sophomore at Franklin High School, and she was aspiring to be a teacher. By all accounts, she would have been a terrific teacher. She was 15, and according to everybody who knew her, Fallon was warm and smart and friendly. She had her whole life ahead of her. According to police, she lost her life when she was crossing the street in front of stopped traffic, and a vehicle illegally swerved into the left-hand lane and hit her at 55 or 60 miles per hour. Her mom was in a car half a block away and ran to her daughter. Fallon died in her mother's arms, and the car that hit her just sped away. A Saudi Arabian college student named Abdulrahman Sameer Noorah later returned to the scene and was arrested. He was eventually charged with manslaughter in Fallon's death and then released on $1 million bail.…”