[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 54 (Wednesday, April 24, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4081-S4082]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS
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IN SOLIDARITY WITH ISRAEL TO FIGHT TERRORISM
Mr. MACK. Mr. President, I submit for the Record the following
American-Jewish Committee message of solidarity with Israel against
terrorism. The message appeared as a full-page advertisement in the New
York Times on March 17, 1996.
The message follows:
We stand with Israel--in grief, in solidarity, in
our resolve to fight terrorism.
Again and again, terrorists intent on destroying Israel and
halting the Arab-Israeli peace process have taken their
deadly toll of innocent lives. In the latest horrific
attacks, scores have been killed: Israelis young and old;
Jews and non-Jews; citizens and visitors, including two young
Americans.
We stand as one in our condemnation of those who commit and
assist such heinous acts. The murderers and their supporters
serve no agenda other than blind, fanatical hatred. Israelis,
Palestinians, the international community must act to stop
these killers now. Through every practical means, the
promoters of terror must be defeated, their pipelines of
financial and logistical support choked off.
We stand as one with the people of Israel and Jews the
world over in mourning the victims of terrorist murder--as we
have stood with Israel in other times of peril, and in times
of accomplishment and hope. We stand with Israel in its age-
old quest for peace and security.
This is a time of sorrow and reflection for the people of
Israel, and for all who seek peace. It is a time of challenge
for a country that has maintained its commitment to peace and
freedom under relentless attack. We stand with Israel--in
grief, in solidarity, and in our resolve to fight terrorists
committed to the death of innocents and the death of hope.
Rep. Neil Abercrombie, Hawaii.
Sen. Spencer Abraham, Michigan.
Rep. Gary L. Ackerman, New York.
Gov. George Allen, Virginia.
Rep. Robert E. Andrews, New Jersey.
Mayor Dennis W. Archer, Detroit.
Dr. Don Argue, President, National Association of
Evangelicals.
Rep. Bob Barr, Georgia.
Rep. Thomas M. Barrett, Wisconsin.
Mayor Marion Barry, Washington, DC.
Rep. Herbert H. Bateman, Virginia.
Rep. Howard L. Berman, California.
Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, Archbishop of Chicago.
Sen. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Delaware.
Prof. Thomas E. Bird, Queens College.
David Blewett, Executive Director, National Christian
Leadership Conference for Israel.
Rep. Thomas J. Bliley, Jr., Virginia.
Rep. Robert A. Borski, Pennsylvania.
Prof. David M. Bossman, Seton Hall University.
Sen. Barbara Boxer, California.
Sen. Bill Bradley, New Jersey.
Rep. Sherrod Brown, Ohio.
Mayor Willie L. Brown, Jr., San Francisco.
Rep. Sam Brownback, Kansas.
Rep. John Bryant, Texas.
Rev. Alfred S. Burnham, Ecumenical and Interreligious
Director, Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
Right Rev. John Burt, President, National Christian
Leadership Conference for Israel.
Rep. Dave Camp, Michigan.
Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Colorado.
Mayor Bill Campbell, Atlanta.
Del. Eric Cantor, Virginia.
Rep. Benjamin L. Cardin, Maryland.
Gov. Mel Carnahan, Missouri.
David Chen, Executive Director, Chinese American Planning
Council.
Mayor Emanuel Cleaver II, Kansas City.
Sen. William S. Cohen, Maine.
Robert E. Cooley, President, Gordon-Conwell Theological
Seminary.
Dr. James H. Costen, President, Inter-Denominational
Theological Center.
Rep. William J. Coyne, Pennsylvania.
Rep. Randy Cunningham, California.
Sen. Alfonse M. D'Amato, New York.
Rep. Pat Danner, Missouri.
Sen. Thomas A. Daschle, South Dakota, Senate Minority
Leader.
Rep. Thomas M. Davis III, Virginia.
Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, Connecticut.
Rep. Peter Deutsch, Florida.
Guarione M. Diaz, President, Cuban American National
Council.
Rep. Julian C. Dixon, California.
Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, Connecticut.
Sr. Audrey Doetzel, N.D.S., Sisters of Our Lady of Zion.
Rep. Lloyd Doggett, Texas.
Sen. Robert Dole, Kansas, Senate Majority Leader.
Most Rev. John F. Donoghue, Archbishop of Atlanta.
Rep. Michael F. Doyle, Pennsylvania.
Rev. Robert F. Drinan, S.J., Professor, Georgetown
University Law Center.
Rev. James M. Dunn, Executive Director, Baptist Joint
Committee on Public Affairs.
Rev. Nicholas B. van Dyck, President, Religion in American
Life.
Clint Eastwood Actor/Director, Los Angeles.
Gov. Jim Edgar, Illinois.
Rep. Eliot L. Engel, New York.
Gov. John Engler, Michigan.
Dr. Paul Eppinger, Executive Director, Arizona Ecumenical
Council.
Rep. Anna Eshoo, California.
Rev. Dr. Robert A. Everett, Pastor, Emanuel United Church
of Christ, Irvington, New Jersey.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California.
Juan A. Figueroa, President and General Counsel, Puerto
Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund.
Rep. Thomas M. Foglietta, Pennsylvania.
Rep. Mark Foley, Florida.
Dr. James Forbes, Jr., Senior Minister, Riverside Church of
New York.
Rep. Michael P. Forbes, New York.
Ken Foster, Chair, Palm Beach County Commission.
Rep. Jon D. Fox, Pennsylvania.
Rep. Barney Frank, Massachusetts.
Rep. Gary A. Franks, Connecticut.
Rep. Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, New Jersey.
Rep. Dan Frisa, New York.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Chairman, Department of African
American Studies, Harvard University.
David Geffen, DreamWorks SKG, Los Angeles.
Rep. Sam Gejdenson, Connecticut.
Rep. Richard A. Gephardt, Missouri,
House Minority Leader.
Rep. Benjamin A. Gilman, New York.
Rep. Newt Gingrich, Georgia, Speaker of the House.
Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, New York.
Gov. Parris N. Glendening, Maryland.
Rep. William F. Goodling, Pennsylvania.
Rep. Bart Gordon, Tennessee.
Joseph E. Gore, President and Executive Director, The
Kosciuszko Foundation.
Sen. Slade Gorton, Washington.
Dr. Alfred Gottschalk, Chancellor, Hebrew Union College.
Sen. Bob Graham, Florida.
Mayor Nancy Graham, West Palm Beach.
Sen. Phil Gramm, Texas.
Gov. Bill Graves, Kansas.
E. Brandt Gustavson, President, National Religious
Broadcasters.
Right Rev. Ronald H. Haines, Episcopal Bishop of
Washington, DC.
Rep. Tony P. Hall, Ohio.
Rep. Lee H. Hamilton, Indiana.
Mayor Susan Hammer, San Jose.
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Rep. James V. Hansen, Utah.
Rep. Jane Harman, California.
Mayor Elihu Harris, Oakland.
Rev. Linda B. Harter, Minister of Pastoral Care,
Presbyterian Church of Falling Spring, Chambersburg,
Pennsylvania.
Rev. Dr. William H. Harter, Pastor, Presbyterian Church of
Falling Spring, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
Rep. Alcee L. Hastings, Florida.
Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, Utah.
Dr. John W. Healey, S.T.D., Director, Archbishop Hughes
Institute, Fordham University.
Sen. Howell Heflin, Alabama.
Sen. Ernest F. Hollings, South Carolina.
Rep. Stephen Horn, California.
Dean Joseph C. Hough, Jr., Vanderbilt Divinity School.
Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, Maryland.
Most Rev. Howard J. Hubbard, Bishop of Albany.
Rep. Tim Hutchinson, Arkansas.
Archbishop Iakovos, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and
South America.
Sen. Daniel K. Inouye, Hawaii.
Rep. Tim Johnson, South Dakota.
Rep. Harry Johnston, Florida.
Elaine R. Jones, Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and
Education Fund.
Sen. Nancy Landon Kassebaum, Kansas.
Jeffrey Katzenberg, DreamWorks SKG, Los Angeles.
Sr. Dorothy Ann Kelly, O.S.U., President, College of New
Rochelle.
Rep. Sue W. Kelly, New York.
Hon. Jack Kemp, Washington, DC.
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts.
Rep. Barbara B. Kennelly, Connecticut.
Sen. John F. Kerry, Massachusetts.
Rev. Diane C. Kessler, Executive Director, Massachusetts
Council of Churches.
Rep. Peter T. King, New York.
Rep. Gerald D. Kleczka, Wisconsin.
Rev. Kenneth Kliever, Region Minister, American Baptist
Churches of the Pacific Southwest.
Rep. Scott L. Klug, Wisconsin.
Rep. Joseph Knollenberg, Michigan.
Sen. Herbert H. Kohl, Wisconsin.
Dr. Norman Lamm, President, Yeshiva University.
Rev. Richard Land, President, Christian Life Commission of
the Southern Baptist Convention.
Rep. Tom Lantos, California.
Rep. Tom Latham, Iowa.
Rep. Greg Laughlin, Texas.
Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg, New Jersey.
Rep. Rick Lazio, New York.
Rev. Christopher M. Leighton, Executive Director, Institute
for Christian and Jewish Studies.
Most Rev. William J. Levada, Archbishop of San Francisco.
Sen. Carl Levin, Michigan.
Rep. John Lewis, Georgia.
Dr. David A. Lewis, President, Christians United for
Israel.
Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, Connecticut.
Brother James A. Liguori, C.F.C., President, Iona College.
Archbishop Oscar H. Lipscomb, Archdiocese of Mobile.
Rep. Nita M. Lowey, New York.
Gov. Michael Lowry, Washington.
Sen. Connie Mack, Florida.
Dean W. Eugene March, Louisville Presbyterian Theological
Seminary.
Bernard Marcus, President and CEO, The Home Depot, Atlanta.
Rep. Frank R. Mascara, Pennsylvania.
Dr. Prema Mathai-Davis, National Executive Director, YWCA
of the U.S.A.
Rep. Robert T. Matsui, California.
H. Carl McCall, Comptroller of New York.
Most Rev. Theodore E. McCarrick, Archbishop of Newark.
Rep. Karen McCarthy, Missouri.
Rep. Bill McCollum, Florida.
Rep. Paul McHale, Pennsylvania.
Rep. Cynthia McKinney, Georgia.
Msgr. John R. McMahon, St. Joan of Arc Roman Catholic
Church, Boca Raton.
Rep. Marty Meehan, Massachusetts.
Rep. Carrie P. Meek, Florida.
Hon. Thomas Patrick Melady, Former Ambassador to the
Vatican, President Emeritus, Sacred Heart University.
Rep. Jack Metcalf, Washington.
Rep. Jan Meyers, Kansas.
Hon. Kweisi Mfume, President and CEO, NAACP.
Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, Maryland.
Rep. Dan Miller, Florida.
Gov. Zell Miller, Georgia.
Luis A. Miranda, President, Hispanic Federation of New York
City.
Rep. James P. Moran, Virginia.
Rep. Constance A. Morella, Maryland.
Dr. Milton D. Morris, Vice President of Research, Joint
Center for Political and Economic Studies.
Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun, Illinois.
Edward J. Moskal, President, Polish American Congress.
Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, New York.
Sen. Patty Murray. Washington.
Rep. Jerrold Nadler, New York.
Rep. George R. Nethercutt, Jr., Washington.
Rev. Richard John Neuhaus, Editor in Chief, First Things.
Most Rev. John J. Nevins, Bishop of the Diocese of Venice,
Florida.
Rep. David R. Obey, Wisconsin.
Most Rev. Thomas J. O'Brien, Bishop of Phoenix.
Rep. John W. Olver, Massachusetts.
Andrew P. O'Rourke, County Executive, Westchester County.
Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr., New Jersey.
Mario J. Paredes, Executive Director, Northeast Hispanic
Catholic Center.
Rep. Ed Pastor, Arizona.
Gov. George E. Pataki, New York.
Rev. John T. Pawlikowski, O.S.M., Professor of Social
Ethics, Catholic Theological Union.
Sen. Claiborne Pell, Rhode Island.
Rev. Kate Penfield, President, American Baptist Churches,
U.S.A.
Most Rev. Daniel Pilarczyk, Archbishop of Cincinnati.
Jeanine Pirro, District Attorney, Westchester County.
Dr. Alvin F. Poussaint, Director, Judge Baker Children's
Center, Boston.
Hugh B. Price, President and CEO, National Urban League.
Mayor Roxanne Qualls, Cincinnati.
Rep. Jim Ramstad, Minnesota.
Rep. Charles B. Rangel, New York.
Rep. Jack Reed, Rhode Island.
Dr. Ralph Reed, Executive Director, Christian Coalition.
Mayor Norman B. Rice, Seattle.
Mayor Edward G. Rendell, Philadelphia.
Gov. Tom Ridge, Pennsylvania.
Mayor Richard J. Riordan, Los Angeles.
Rep. Pat Roberts, Kansas.
Rep. Tim J. Roemer, Indiana.
Gov. Roy Romer, Colorado.
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida.
Bishop Catherine S. Roskam, Bishop Suffragan of New York.
Sen. William V. Roth, Jr., Delaware.
Fred Rotondaro, Executive Director, National Italian
American Foundation.
Rep. Matt Salmon, Arizona.
Sen. Rick Santorum, Pennsylvania.
Rep. Thomas C. Sawyer, Ohio.
Rep. Jim Saxton, New Jersey.
Rep. Steven Schiff, New Mexico.
Rev. Theodore F. Schneider, Bishop, Metropolitan
Washington, DC, Synod, ELCA.
Dr. Ismar Schorsch, Chancellor, Jewish Theological Seminary
of America.
Rep. Patricia Schroeder, Colorado.
Mayor S.J. Schulman, White Plains.
Rep. Charles E. Schumer, New York.
Rep. E. Clay Shaw, Jr., Florida.
Dr. Franklin Sherman, Director, Institute for Jewish-
Christian Understanding, Muhlenberg College.
Dr. James M. Shuart, President, Hofstra University.
Sen. Paul Simon, Illinois.
Rep. David E. Skaggs, Colorado.
Rep. Ike Skelton, Missouri.
Rev. Gary F. Skinner, Synod Executive, Synod of the
Southwest Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
Rep. Louise McIntosh Slaughter, New York.
Rep. Linda Smith, Washington.
Sen. Olympia J. Snowe, Maine.
Sen. Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania.
Ann Stallard, National President, YWCA of the U.S.A.
David Steinberg, President, Long Island University.
Rep. Louis Stokes, Ohio.
Rep. Gerry E. Studds, Massachusetts.
Rep. Bart Stupak, Michigan.
Bishop Joseph M. Sullivan, Auxiliary Bishop, Diocese of
Brooklyn.
Rt. Rev. William E. Swing, Episcopal Bishop of California.
Rep. Charles H. Taylor, North Carolina.
Rep. Frank Tejeda, Texas.
Dr. David A. Teutsch, President, Reconstructionist
Rabbinical College.
Sr. Rose Thering, O.P., Executive Director, Emerita
National Christian Leadership Conference for Israel.
Bishop Herbert Thompson, Jr., Bishop of the Episcopal
Diocese of Southern Ohio.
Rep. Todd Tiahrt, Kansas.
Rep. Peter G. Torkildsen, Massachusetts.
Rep. Esteban E. Torres, California.
Rep. Robert G. Torricelli, New Jersey.
Rep. Edolphus Towns, New York.
Dr. Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, President, George Washington
University.
Prof. Albert Truesdale, Nazarene Theological Seminary.
Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez, New York.
Dr. James L. Waits, Executive Director, Association of
Theological Schools in the United States and Canada.
Dennis M. Walcott, President and CEO, New York Urban
League.
Rep. James T. Walsh, New York.
Rep. Zach Wamp, Tennessee.
Rep. Mike Ward, Kentucky.
Rep. J.C. Watts, Jr., Oklahoma.
Rep. Henry A. Waxman, California.
Mayor Wellington E. Webb, Denver.
George Weigel, President, Ethics and Public Policy Center.
Gov. William F. Weld, Massachusetts.
Rep. Curt Weldon, Pennsylvania.
Sen. Paul Wellstone, Minnesota.
State Sen. Robert Wexler, Florida.
Prof. Roger Wilkins, George Mason University.
Gov. Pete Wilson, California.
Rep. Robert E. Wise, Jr., West Virginia.
Rev. R. Stewart Wood, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of
Michigan.
Rep. Albert Wynn, Maryland.
Rep. Sidney R. Yates, Illinois.
Amb. Andrew Young, Atlanta.
Rep. C.W. Bill Young, Florida.
Raul Yzaguirre, President and CEO, National Council of La
Raza.
Rep. Richard A. Zimmer, New Jersey.
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