Political Quotes

“the fourth issue I want to mention is an issue that even before the last recess--I remember on the night before closing the Senate down we had a period of time similar to this before the final business and the final what we call wrapup was brought to the floor--I was talking about this very same issue. I was talking about a similar type of issue a year ago, and I am going to bring it back to the floor right now because it is an issue that is close to my heart. It is an issue that affects me in profound ways. It is an issue that I don't have the answer to yet, and no one does, but it is an issue that by continually focusing a shining light on it, by educating others, we can change the course of humanity in this part of the world. This part of the world is the Sudan in Africa. This week the Sudan Government agreed once more to make peace with its southern region. Civil war has gone on for about 23 years. About 5 million people have been displaced from homes. Over 2 million people have died in this civil war which has now gone on for about a quarter of a century. I have spent a little time in Sudan. I was there in August a couple of weeks before the Republican Convention, and I was there about 10 months or 11 months ago as well. I was there the year before that and the year before that and the year before that. So the Sudan is close to my heart.”