[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 162 (Friday, December 16, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S13766-S13767]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST--S. RES. 336

  Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I am going to propound what I hope will 
be two unanimous consent requests about one particular issue. The issue 
is on the anti-Semitic statements made by the President of Iran, Mr. 
Ahmadinejad, who said, among other things, that the state of Israel 
should be wiped off the face of the Earth. We have been working 
cooperatively to try to get this resolution cleared, condemning those 
statements. We had some concerns raised with the resolution which I 
will discuss in more detail. We finally have a version cleared, and I 
will discuss in detail how we had to work through that. Suffice it to 
say

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that it is good to see that we are going to finally get strong 
bipartisan support to condemn this conduct and call for Iran to be a 
constructive partner in the peace process in the Middle East.
  I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate 
consideration of S. Res. 336, a resolution to condemn the recent 
destructive and anti-Semitic statements of the President of Iran which 
I submitted earlier today. I ask that the resolution be agreed to, the 
preamble be agreed to, and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the 
table.
  Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, while I personally am vehemently opposed to 
the statements that have been made by the President of Iran, I have 
been asked by the Members on this side of the aisle to object, and I do 
so object.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.

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