Political Quotes

“I rise today, for the 39th time, to call on the Trump administration to restore lifesaving food aid for children around the world. We are grieving today. We are grieving the lives lost on September 11, 2001. We are grieving the lives of Charlie Kirk and others who have been victims of political violence and mass shootings. We don't always have the power in this Chamber to save every life, but we do have the power to save many lives, including the lives of children suffering from starvation, lives that are valuable and that deserve a chance. The Trump administration cut off this program in January, and they have been promising to restore it, going so far as to issue RFPs and to make promises that the program will be restored, but they have not yet done it. All it takes is for them to take the simple action of restoring the Food for Peace program so that kids like this can have a chance.”