Political Quotes

“the misguided Mexico City policy is not the only reason to oppose this bill. This bill will have a profoundly important impact on our nation's foreign policy. We have heard today that this bill streamlines our foreign policy agencies. Mr. Speaker, this bill streamlines our foreign policy agencies in the same way that last year's tax bill simplified the tax code. It is riddled with inconsistencies. For example, it claims to pay back dues to the United Nations, but actually increases them. It claims to streamline the State Department, but it establishes a new regulatory system to micromanage embassy staff. Never before have we tried to micromanage what the State Department can do with its individual embassies and their staffing policies. It claims to get tough on war criminals like Saddam Hussein, but, actually, it cuts U.S. involvement in the international criminal justice system. Furthermore, the reorganization plan has simply not been well thought out in my estimation. We need only look to the genocide that occurred in Bosnia and Rwanda because of the hatred that was fanned by an evil propaganda machine. How, then, can we abolish the United States Information Agency? In reality, that is what we do by incorporating it within the State Department. It needs its independence. Misinformation is best attacked at the grassroots level in an objective, credible fashion, not as part of a tightly controlled foreign policy agenda.”