Gerry Connolly: “I thank my good friend for yielding. I rise to remind us that Martin Luther King once said: ``Injustice anywhere…”

“I thank my good friend for yielding. I rise to remind us that Martin Luther King once said: ``Injustice anywhere threatens justice everywhere.'' We are all in this together. The idea that we can cherry-pick whose rights we will proclaim and defend is a mistaken notion. It is also un- American. So the future rights of LGBT members in Chechnya are important to Americans, and we need to stand up for their security, their safety, and their fundamental human rights. This resolution is important. I congratulate the chairman and ranking member for bringing it before us. I congratulate my good friend, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, and David Cicilline for their leadership. I am proud to support this resolution today.”