A senator mr. President , i ask unanimous consent to vitiate the quorum call. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Cruz mr. President , i stand here today on behalf of a hero of freedom and democracy. Shea bow and his wife are the faces of liberty in china. They have sacrificed comfort and normalcy to chart a path toward political liberalization. For this, they have been detained, imprisoned and abused. In 2008, liu xiaobo cocharterred a manifesto that shined a light on the communist party of china and its totalitarian abuse of power. Although many brave souls signed their names and their face to that document, dr. Lius name was at the very top. For this reason, he received the Nobel Peace Prize. And he also received charges of inciting subversion of state power and an 11year prison sentence. It is impossible to neglect this stark irony. A man dedicated to nonviolence, imprisoned for promoting peace. Motivating dr. Lius tremendous courage and selfsacrifice was a determination t
A senator mr. President , i ask unanimous consent to vitiate the quorum call. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Cruz mr. President , i stand here today on behalf of a hero of freedom and democracy. Shea bow and his wife are the faces of liberty in china. They have sacrificed comfort and normalcy to chart a path toward political liberalization. For this, they have been detained, imprisoned and abused. In 2008, liu xiaobo cocharterred a manifesto that shined a light on the communist party of china and its totalitarian abuse of power. Although many brave souls signed their names and their face to that document, dr. Lius name was at the very top. For this reason, he received the Nobel Peace Prize. And he also received charges of inciting subversion of state power and an 11year prison sentence. It is impossible to neglect this stark irony. A man dedicated to nonviolence, imprisoned for promoting peace. Motivating dr. Lius tremendous courage and selfsacrifice was a determination t
A senator mr. President , i ask unanimous consent to vitiate the quorum call. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Cruz mr. President , i stand here today on behalf of a hero of freedom and democracy. Shea bow and his wife are the faces of liberty in china. They have sacrificed comfort and normalcy to chart a path toward political liberalization. For this, they have been detained, imprisoned and abused. In 2008, liu xiaobo cocharterred a manifesto that shined a light on the communist party of china and its totalitarian abuse of power. Although many brave souls signed their names and their face to that document, dr. Lius name was at the very top. For this reason, he received the Nobel Peace Prize. And he also received charges of inciting subversion of state power and an 11year prison sentence. It is impossible to neglect this stark irony. A man dedicated to nonviolence, imprisoned for promoting peace. Motivating dr. Lius tremendous courage and selfsacrifice was a determination t
A senator mr. President , i ask unanimous consent to vitiate the quorum call. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Cruz mr. President , i stand here today on behalf of a hero of freedom and democracy. Shea bow and his wife are the faces of liberty in china. They have sacrificed comfort and normalcy to chart a path toward political liberalization. For this, they have been detained, imprisoned and abused. In 2008, liu xiaobo cocharterred a manifesto that shined a light on the communist party of china and its totalitarian abuse of power. Although many brave souls signed their names and their face to that document, dr. Lius name was at the very top. For this reason, he received the Nobel Peace Prize. And he also received charges of inciting subversion of state power and an 11year prison sentence. It is impossible to neglect this stark irony. A man dedicated to nonviolence, imprisoned for promoting peace. Motivating dr. Lius tremendous courage and selfsacrifice was a determination t
On things like the keystone pipeline, if you said singlepayer health care cannot happen, you are too far to the right of the Democratic Party to be the standardbearer. Given those policy positions, why should liberal democrats support you and not senator sanders . Mrs. Clinton i am a progressively gets things done. The root of the word progressive is progress. I have heard senator sanders comments. It has caused me to wonder who is left in the progressive wing of the party . Under his definition, president obama is not progressive because he took donations from wall street. Vice President Biden is not because of the court he supported keystone. Great senator Paul Wellstone would not fit this definition because he voted for doma. We have differences. Honestly, i think we should be talking about what we want to do for the country. If were going to get into labels, i dont think it was progressive to vote against the brady bill five times. I dont think it was progressive to give gun seller