Just last week we saw that Saudi Arabia had imprisoned Mark Hooper, and sentenced him to death for a non-lethal crime. Despite frantic lobbying by myself, the Secretary of Internal affairs and President Bore we have been unable to get a break through with the Saudis. As I said before, this action is simply not acceptable. For too long in our nation we've been afraid to tackle injustices abroad. Saudi Arabia has a history of crushing dissident, executing LGBT citizens and financing international terrorism. Yet for too log we've been afraid to tackle these issues. I'm sure many will say that we shouldn't criticize the Saudis, but I'm sure these were the same voices who told us not to criticize the brutality of apartheid, or the corruption of the Shah of Iran. We should never be afraid to have an international voice.
You're saying it as Senator or Deputy SoIA?