Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 93, S. Res. 165. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The bill clerk read as follows: A resolution (S. Res. 165) calling on the Government of the Russian Federation to provide evidence or to release United States citizen Paul Whelan. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the resolution, which had been reported from the Committee on Foreign Relations, without amendment, and with an amendment to the preamble, as follows: (The part of the preamble intended to be stricken is shown in boldface brackets and the part of the preamble intended to be inserted is shown in italic. S. Res. 165 [Whereas United States citizen Paul Whelan is a resident of Novi, Michigan, and a United States Marine Corps veteran; [Whereas Paul Whelan traveled to Moscow for the wedding of a personal friend on December 22, 2018; [Whereas Russia's Federal Security Service arrested Paul Whelan at the Metropol Hotel in Moscow on December 28, 2018, and charged him with espionage; [Whereas the Federal Security Service has never provided any evidence of supposed wrongdoing; [Whereas Paul Whelan was imprisoned in Lefortovo Prison and was held there for more than 19 months after his arrest in pre-trial detention; [Whereas the Federal Security Service has not provided any evidence of supposed wrongdoing; [Whereas a Moscow court extended Paul Whelan's pre-trial det…”