Political Quotes

“I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the appropriate place in subtitle B of title XII: SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR AND REMOVAL OF SANCTIONS AGAINST THE TALIBAN. (a) Prohibition on Funding.--None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2024 may be used to provide any kind of support to the Taliban or any Taliban affiliate, including financial, humanitarian, or materiel assistance. (b) Prohibition on Removal of Sanctions.--Any sanctions, financial or otherwise, imposed by the United States against the Taliban or any Taliban affiliate on or before August 18, 2021, may not be waived or in any way mitigated except by enactment of a law after the date of the enactment of this Act specifically providing for such waiver or mitigation. (c) Affiliate Defined.--In this section, the term ``affiliate''-- (1) has the meaning given such term in section 230.405 of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act); (2) means a person that is closely associated with another person typically in a dependent or subordinate manner; or (3) means a person that has a common purpose or shared characteristics with another person. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 583, the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr.…”