Political Quotes

“I commend my two friends, the Senator from Missouri and the Senator from Minnesota, for what they have done. I am going to speak briefly about S.J. Res. 54. It would remove U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities either in or affecting the country of Yemen--except those forces engaged in operations directed at al-Qaeda or associated forces--unless and until a declaration of war or specific authorization for such use of U.S. Armed Forces has been enacted. I commend my distinguished friend from Vermont, Senator Sanders, for the leadership and perseverance he has shown on this issue. He has rightly insisted that the Congress, which alone has the power to declare war, act in response to the humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen-- a catastrophe, we have to acknowledge, that the United States shares responsibility for causing as a result of our support for the Saudi military. The Saudi military, by any objective measure, is guilty of war crimes in Yemen, and it is long past time for us to say: enough. International outrage over this issue has been building steadily as the number of civilian casualties in Yemen--one of the world's poorest countries--has swollen into the thousands as a result of Saudi Arabia's intervention and ongoing aerial bombardment. We have all seen the photographs of the dead and the dying, of children who are nothing but skin and bones.…”