[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 87 (Thursday, June 29, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H4799]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            HAMAS AND SYRIA

  (Mr. ENGEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, a couple of weeks ago, this House passed a 
bill cutting off aid to the terrorist group Hamas. Now we see Hamas, 
with their terrorism, once again capturing an Israeli soldier.
  Hamas and Syria are in complicity. As the author of the Syria 
Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act, I call on 
President Bush to implement the rest of the sanctions in the act, which 
was signed into law, by Syria.
  Syria is harboring the head of Hamas, Khaled Meshal, who, it is 
reported, gave the orders for the capture of the Israeli soldier. Hamas 
is a terrorist group that is shunned by the rest of the world, and 
should be shunned by the rest of the world, and all monies cut off 
until it does three things: renounce terrorism, recognize Israel's 
right to exist, and abide by all previously signed documents and signed 
agreements with Israel.
  Mr. Speaker, terrorism can never be allowed to rear its ugly head. 
This shows again the terrorist conspiracy between Hamas and Syria. We 
ought to take action. It ought to stop.

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