[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 39 (Wednesday, March 20, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H2472]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              CLINTON ADMINISTRATION MUST ENFORCE THE LAWS

  (Mr. BARR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARR. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, I was the lead witness presenting 
testimony before the House International Operations and Human Rights 
Subcommittee, on the matter of terrorist regimes influencing the U.S. 
political process. I urged hearings be held and investigations and 
prosecutions be initiated, if warranted, against American citizens such 
as Louis Farrakhan, for travels to terrorist regimes, and then acting 
to subvert the American political process.
  The administration was called to testify and failed to appear. It is 
unacceptable that this administration would duck its responsibility to 
the American people and its obligation to the U.S. Congress to answer 
questions about the prosecution of American passport, visa, Federal 
election campaign laws, and others currently on the books.
  It is ironic that just as Congress has begun fully debating whether 
current laws are adequate to protect us against acts of terrorism, our 
Government consciously takes a walk when presented with evidence that a 
U.S. citizen, like Louis Farrakhan and his organization in this 
country, are engaging in activities with known terrorist regimes.

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