[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 90 (Thursday, June 30, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1397]
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      FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2006

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                               speech of

                          HON. JOSEPH CROWLEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 28, 2005

       The House in Committee of the Whole House on the State of 
     the Union had under consideration the bill (H.R. 3057) making 
     appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and 
     related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     2006, and for other purposes:

  Mr. CROWLEY. Mr. Chairman, I rise today to speak in strong support of 
the Weiner-Ferguson-Crowley-Israel Amendment on Saudi Arabia.
  I ask my colleagues--how long is this Congress going to continue to 
provide the Saudis with aid when they provide us with little to no 
assistance in fighting the war on terror?
  The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia says they are making progress, but yet 
everyday we see that the leading source of foreign insurgents in Iraq 
are coming from Saudi Arabia.
  The Kingdom says that they are opening up to reforms and point to the 
holding of partial elections for town councils as an example of this 
supposed opening.
  Surprising that no mention is made about how women are still not 
allowed to vote.
  While all these supposed reforms and actions against terrorists are 
going on we saw the arrests of 13 Saudi intellectuals for simply 
calling for Saudi Arabia to evolve into a constitutional monarchy.
  This country, a country with the vast reserves of the world oil 
supply, the same country charging my constituents $2.25 and more a 
gallon for gas at the pump, also receives foreign aid, to bring 
military officers here for training.
  Training officers to defend a regime which doesn't give equal rights 
to women, to non-Muslims, which exports terror to Iraq, and 
Afghanistan, and most painful of all, jacks up the price for every 
gallon of gas at the gas pump for Americans.
  Support the Weiner-Ferguson-Crowley-Israel amendment. Say no to 
foreign aid to Saudi Arabia.

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