[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 601 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 601

 Condemning in strongest terms Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's 
                hateful rhetoric directed toward Israel.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 14, 2005

Mr. Cole of Oklahoma (for himself, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. 
Conaway, Mr. Keller, Mr. McCotter, Mr. Green of Wisconsin, Mrs. Jo Ann 
    Davis of Virginia, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Akin, Mr. Wilson of South 
 Carolina, Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Saxton, 
Mr. Kennedy of Minnesota, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Lewis 
of Kentucky, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Boren, Mr. Marchant, Mrs. Miller of 
  Michigan, Mr. Cardoza, Mr. Simmons, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Brown of South 
Carolina, Mr. Ney, Mr. Fossella, Mrs. Bono, Mr. Tancredo, Mr. Ferguson, 
  Mr. Gerlach, Mr. Wexler, and Mr. Chandler) submitted the following 
   resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International 
                               Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Condemning in strongest terms Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's 
                hateful rhetoric directed toward Israel.

Whereas on October 26, 2005, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the President of the Islamic 
        Republic of Iran, said in a speech that ``Israel must be wiped off the 
        map'';
Whereas Ahmadinejad made his remarks at a conference entitled, ``The World 
        Without Zionism'';
Whereas Ahmadinejad's comments received condemnation from the United Nations and 
        foreign governments, including a measure passed by a unanimous vote of 
        the U.S. House of Representatives on October 28, 2005;
Whereas in a speech covered by Iranian state television on December 14, 2005, 
        Ahmadinejad iterated his charge that Israel must be driven from its 
        ``occupation of Palestinian territory'';
Whereas the Iranian President went on to call the Holocaust a lie, saying, 
        ``[The Israelis] have fabricated a legend under the name `Massacre of 
        the Jews,' and they hold it higher than God Himself'' and that 
        Ahmadinejad ``hate[s] [Israel's] frail civilization''; and
Whereas such repugnant comments, coming after Ahmadinejad's previous comments, 
        further show the danger Iran could pose to the region and the world, 
        especially if armed with a nuclear weapon, as is the Iranian 
        government's evident wish: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) condemns in the strongest terms the vile assertions by 
        Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the President of the Islamic Republic of 
        Iran, and again demands that he disavow his remarks;
            (2) calls upon the United Nations Security Council and all 
        civilized nations to censure Iran for its government's 
        dangerous attempt to rewrite history;
            (3) reiterates its earlier pledge to prevent Iran from 
        procuring nuclear weapons and its steadfast bonds with the 
        State of Israel; and
            (4) affirms its understanding of all of the lessons of 
        World War II, including that the millions murdered in the 
        Holocaust must never be forgotten and such atrocities should 
        never happen again.
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