Political Quotes

“I rise to support the Dole amendment to reform the United Nations. This amendment, the Peace Powers Act, would reform requirements that U.S. troops serve under the foreign command when they are participating in U.N. peacekeeping armies. The amendment also provides several other ways to define the relationship between the United States and the United Nations. I have been a supporter of the United Nations, but I also introduced an amendment here on the floor that would require the United Nations to get an Inspector General to clean up some of the fraud and corruption in the United Nations. Recently, '60 Minutes' and several other national news articles carried stories about how the United Nations cannot deliver food and medicine in many Third World countries. The reason the United Nations cannot deliver the food and medicine is because it is stolen, sometimes by United Nations employees. That is disgraceful. Even more disgraceful is the fact that there is no provision for an independent inspector general; there is no way of either firing these people or prosecuting them. American taxpayer dollars go to the United Nations and constituents expect us to account for our contributions. We all want to support the United Nations. Senator Dole's amendment goes even further. It takes a broad foreign policy look at the relationship between the United States and the United Nations. This legislation is a needed thing.…”