[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 40 (Thursday, March 21, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H2563]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 WHICH REPUBLICAN MEMBERS TRUSTS HAMAS?

  (Mr. EDWARDS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. EDWARDS. Madam Speaker, this morning I saw one of the most 
blessed sights that any husband or parent could ever see: My wife, 
cuddling in her arms, our 3-month-old son, both of them happy, healthy, 
and safe. But as I left them, I was haunted by the words spoken by a 
Republican House Member on the floor in this House last Wednesday when 
that person said: ``I trust Hamas more than I trust my own 
Government.''
  Madam Speaker, Hamas is a terrorist organization that proudly murders 
innocent women and children. Every parent and every person in America 
should be outraged that a Member of this Congress could place trust in 
terrorists that would destroy the lives of innocent children and the 
families who love them. The Republican Member of this House who made 
this extremist, morally repugnant statement owes it to his or her 
colleagues and the people of this Nation to admit his or her identity.

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