Political Quotes

“I have a bill which about 80 Members have cosponsored on both sides of the aisle, called the Freedom From Religious Persecution Act. It is H.R. 1685. Now that the MFN debate has gone, I will now ask Members from both sides to join us. This is not a trade bill. This is a bill which would, among other things, create a new White House position, the director of Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring, who would do a country-by-country report every year on the different persecutions. Mr. Speaker, there is more persecution of people of faith taking place today than any other time in history of our country. It is H.R. 1658, and I would ask Members on both sides to cosponsor the bill so we can pass it before 100,000 churches of all denominations have a prayer service some time in the month of November to pray for the persecuted church around the world.”