My fear is that if we don't take remedial steps to control polio in the tribal areas, we will be faced with international sanctions.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Above all, we must avoid the pitfalls of tribalism. If we are divided among ourselves on tribal lines, we open our doors to foreign intervention and its potentially harmful consequences.
For those of us who cry out for gun control, our fears cannot be eliminated as long as the country remains an armed camp in which the most troubled among us can find ways to appropriate one of the easily available weapons in all our communities.
The Rwandan policy of putting the genocide behind them is incredibly effective in many ways. But it's also incredibly frightening to think that this nation is being asked put this mass slaughter behind them.
If, through death penalty, we can create fears, though it's against my will, we have to do it.
We are afraid of the enormity of the possible.
In Jamaica, we eradicated polio many years ago, but there are a lot of kids suffering in Africa still.
I believe it is incumbent upon Congress to act aggressively to ameliorate fear and help our country take the essential steps that will make our communities and lives safer.
We will talk about cooperation to destroy the disease as soon as we can.
We must travel in the direction of our fear.
We've actually eliminated Type II polio in the world, at least as far as we can tell.