[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 26, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H651]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             THE HOLOCAUST

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentleman from Texas [Mr. Lampson] is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. LAMPSON. Mr. Speaker, I noted Mr. Coburn's apology to the public 
for comments made earlier. While noting the misplaced outrage of other 
Members of this body, I want to express my admiration and thanks to NBC 
and to Ford for airing ``Schindler's List'' this weekend. I would like 
to thank the film maker Stephen Spielberg not only for his brilliant 
film but also for his recommendation broadcast before the film began 
Sunday evening that the film may not be suitable for young people, 
young children.
  I watched ``Schindler's List'' with my daughter and found it as 
moving a film as I have ever seen, and any allegation that any aspect 
of this story is gratuitous or improper would be laughable if it were 
not so sad. And the comments, the words, of Mr. Coburn, the airing of 
the film should outrage decent-minded individuals everywhere, should be 
taken note of.
  Our own great Nation is still plagued by hate crimes 221 years after 
being founded as a nation of freedom and equality. We watch with horror 
as churches and synagogues are burned and cemeteries are desecrated in 
our communities, and the best way to fight hatred and intolerance is 
with the truth about the most egregious crime against humanity in 
modern history, the Holocaust.

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