Political Quotes

“as I come to the floor today, as we all know, this is a time of incredible international instability. If you turn on the news, you are confronted with tragic images of conflict and displacement in Gaza and the West Bank; broader violence and upheaval in the Middle East, Syria, Lebanon; and the ongoing violence in Ukraine with Russia's illegal invasion. Now, each of these crises deserve our attention. What many of us may not know is that if you look all across the world, in terms of in what conflict are there more people impacted daily--with hunger, humanitarian, or literally acts of war--where are there more deaths than Gaza, Ukraine, and the Middle East combined--that is the ongoing war in Sudan. This is a conflict between two warring parties--no good guys here-- fueled by external actors, in which violence has caused tens of millions to flee their homes, and it has left more than half of Sudan's population of 50 million literally on the brink of starvation. The International Rescue Committee recently affirmed that this is ``the biggest humanitarian crisis ever recorded.'' Think about that-- bigger than Darfur 20 years ago, bigger than--some of us will remember ``We Are the World'' and the horrible tragedy of starvation in Ethiopia. This is the biggest humanitarian crisis ever recorded. Yet, for the most part, the Sudanese people feel forgotten by the world.…”