[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 28, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H1399]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 RESOLUTIONS CONDEMNING ASSAULT ON FREE MEDIA IN SERBIA AND DENOUNCING 
LOUIS FARRAKHAN'S SUPPORT OF TERRORIST REGIMES IN LIBYA, IRAN, AND IRAQ

  (Mr. LANTOS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, this morning I am introducing two 
resolutions, and I know these resolutions will receive broad bipartisan 
support. The Communist dictator of Serbia, Slobodan Milosevic, has 
closed down the only independent television station in Belgrade. I 
think it is an outrage that, as Milosevic is trying to work his way 
back into acceptance by the civilized world community--and he should do 
so--he also simultaneously closed down the Soros Foundation, a 
humanitarian and charitable organization that has done an enormous 
amount of good for the people of Serbia and indeed for the people of 
countless other countries. I am calling on President Clinton in the 
most emphatic terms to insist that the independent television station 
in Belgrade be reopened and the Soros Foundation be allowed to continue 
its work.
  My second resolution, Mr. Speaker, denounces Louis Farrakhan's visit 
to Libya, Iran, and Iraq. It is critical that the President of the 
United States direct executive agencies to establish whether U.S. laws 
were broken. Farrakhan can say whatever he wants, but he must obey the 
law.

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