[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 38 (Tuesday, March 19, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H2329]
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              THE PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW WHO TRUSTS TERRORISTS

  (Mr. BRYANT of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BRYANT of Texas. Mr. Speaker, last Wednesday on this floor the 
distinguished gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Hyde] made the following 
statement, that he had overhead a Republican Member of this House say 
this, and I quote: ``I trust Hamas more than I trust my own 
Government.''
  Mr. Speaker, this has to be one of the most morally reprehensible 
statements I have heard ever made by any public official. For any 
Member of this body to say that he would trust a terrorist organization 
that proudly kills innocent women and children more than he trusts his 
own Government has no right to be a part of this Government.
  I respect Mr. Hyde's disgust at that statement. I share that disgust. 
I would like to further request that Mr. Hyde let the American people 
know who this Member of Congress is. The people of this country have a 
right to know who in this body is willing to say he respects and trusts 
a terrorist organization more than his own Government.

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