Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution (H. Res. 1088) recognizing the plight of people with albinism in East Africa and condemning their murder and mutilation, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the resolution. The text of the resolution is as follows: H. Res. 1088 Whereas, in parts of East Africa, most notably Tanzania, shamans promote the reprehensible belief that people with albinism are less than human, and that their body parts can be made into potions to bring wealth or luck; Whereas over the last 2 years, more than 50 adults and children with albinism have been murdered in East Africa by mercenaries who sell their body parts to shamans; Whereas countless other people with albinism have survived these attacks, but have been permanently mutilated in the name of profit; Whereas two mothers of children with albinism were attacked by gangs who were searching for the children in Eastern Tanzania in November 2008; Whereas a 10-year-old boy with albinism, Gasper Elikana, was beheaded by men who fled with his leg in October 2008; Whereas a 28-year-old woman with albinism, Mariamu Stanford, was attacked while she slept, losing both of her arms and her unborn child in October 2008; Whereas a 17-year-old woman with albinism from Kenya, Vumilia Makoye, was killed by 2 men in her home who sawed off her legs in May 2008; Whereas hundreds of children with albinism are living in fear for their lives in rural areas; Whereas people with albinism are rou…”