[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 3, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E185]
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  REGARDING IRAN'S ENDORSEMENT OF ANOTHER HOLOCAUST DENIAL CONFERENCE

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                         HON. MICHELE BACHMANN

                              of minnesota

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 3, 2009

  Mrs. BACHMANN. Madam Speaker, I rise to share my profound 
disappointment in the continued extraordinary anti-Israel rhetoric and 
policies of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He is again 
endorsing a conference that denies the horror--indeed, the existence--
of the Holocaust and that places blame for much of the world's woes 
with the people of Israel.
  Tehran's Sharif University of Technology conference, entitled 
Holocaust? A Sacred Lie by the West, is in and of itself disturbing. It 
is evidence that the hatred that underlies the violence in the Middle 
East is, regrettably, alive and well. But, for the head of a nation to 
lend the imprimatur of government support to such an event is real 
cause for alarm. President Ahmadinejad, in his statement of support for 
the conference, stated that the ``Zionist regime is the `illegitimate 
child' of the Holocaust phenomenon.'' This is dangerous rhetoric.
  There are millions of peace-loving peoples in the Middle East--
Israelis, Palestinians, Iranians, Iraqis; indeed from every nation of 
the region. They will never be able to experience peace and security as 
long as hatred like this is spoken, taught, and endorsed by the leaders 
of the region.
  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has just announced his intention to run for 
another term as Iran's President. I am hopeful that the people of Iran 
will send him a message that they want to live in peace with their 
neighbors and that they want to put an end to the cycle of violence and 
hatred that conferences like this one epitomize.

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