[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 100 (Wednesday, June 20, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1362]
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CALLING ON UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL TO CHARGE IRANIAN PRESIDENT 
 WITH CERTAIN VIOLATIONS BECAUSE OF HIS CALLS FOR DESTRUCTION OF ISRAEL

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                               speech of

                          HON. EARL BLUMENAUER

                               of oregon

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 18, 2007

  Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, I voted ``present'' on H. Con. Res. 21 
because I believe it dilutes the definition of genocide and would 
ratchet up tensions with Iran without any likelihood of actually doing 
anything about Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's dangerous anti-Semitism and Iran's 
ability to inflict harm on Israel. Instead, we need a new framework for 
relations with Iran that advances our interests and values through 
engagement and support for the Iranian people. At a time when we 
haven't dealt meaningfully with the serious and ongoing genocide in 
Darfur, I am not convinced it advances our long-term interest in 
strengthening the international legal regime against mass killing by 
defining another Muslim leader's call for Israel's destruction as 
genocide.

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