Ted Poe: “in this week where we as a House voted to reform the United Nations, hold them accountable for their actions, I rise to…”

“in this week where we as a House voted to reform the United Nations, hold them accountable for their actions, I rise to talk about a place in the world where the United Nations is not, but where it ought to be, and a brave woman who is doing the work of the entire United Nations. Mr. Speaker, I rise to salute a woman born on June 19, 1945. I would like to read a poem that she wrote: ``Emerald cool we may be, as water in cupped hands. But of that we might be, as splinters of glass, in cupped hands.'' This poem was written by a lady who may be small in stature, but is a giant and noble in character. She carries no weapons, commands no Army; yet this lady actually brings fear into the hearts of at least 400,000 sinister armed soldiers in her native country of Burma. The lady I am referring to is Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the pro-democracy movement in Burma whom the Burmese people affectionally refer to as ``The Lady.'' She is unassuming, but her vision for her country brings fright in the whole army of despots and tyrants that occupy her nation. In her poem she says even though she and the rest of the pro- democracy movement are emerald cool and as harmless as water in cupped hands, their stand for liberty and democracy is like glass splinters in the hands of the military tyrants that have a stranglehold on her own nation of Burma. Most Americans do not know where Burma is, much less hear about what occurs in this nightmare of a country.…”