Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I was pleased this morning that The Washington Post did a story on a shameful development here in Washington; namely, that Bart Fisher, a Washington lawyer, was granted a license by the Office of Foreign Assets Control, OFAC, at Treasury, to represent the genocidal government of Sudan. I submit a copy of the Post article for the record. The Sudanese people have long been brutalized, marginalized, and terrorized by their own government. Yet, unbelievably, it seems the same regime has been afforded the privilege of legal representation in Washington by the Obama administration. According to a news report earlier this week in Africa Intelligence, Mr. Fisher was hired with the express purpose of trying to ``lift American sanctions against it.'' In documentation posted on the Department of Justice Web site, it appears that Mr. Fisher was granted a license by the Office of Foreign Assets Control at Treasury to provide this representation, and that he plans to engage in political activities, among them ``representations, including petitions to U.S. government agencies regarding sanctions.'' I'm appalled that this has been permitted and someone or Mr. Fisher's political contributions were a factor. The administration should reverse this approval.…”