[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 6 (Tuesday, February 1, 1994)]
[House]
[Page H]
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[Congressional Record: February 1, 1994]
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              THE LANGUAGE OF HATRED MUST NOT BE TOLERATED

  (Mr. CARDIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CARDIN. Mr. Speaker, the recent comments of Khalid Abdul 
Muhammad, an aide to Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, filled all 
decent people with revulsion and disgust.
  These statements, expressed in the language of hatred and violence, 
cannot be explained or excused. I rise today to condemn those comments, 
and to call on all Americans to stand against racism and bigotry by 
denouncing them.
  These anti-Semitic, antigay, antiwhite, and anti-Catholic remarks 
seek to divide our communities. America's greatest successes have come 
when we have worked together. Our failures occur when we are driven 
apart. It is very difficult to believe that any constructive 
relationship can be maintained with individuals or organizations who 
repeatedly issue such heinous statements.
  I urge my colleagues to speak out against such racist rhetoric, and I 
urge all Americans to repudiate these statements of hatred and 
prejudice. Silence is only testimony to the approval or indifference to 
anti-Semitism and racism.

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