[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 107 (Monday, July 18, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H5133]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         ANNIVERSARY OF ATTACK ON AMIA JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise tonight to mark the anniversary 
of the attack on the AMIA Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires, 
Argentina.
  On July 18, 1994, the Iranian regime, through the coordinated efforts 
of its embassy and extremist proxy Hezbollah, committed one of the 
deadliest attacks of anti-Semitism in the Western Hemisphere by killing 
85 men, women and children and injuring over 300 innocent bystanders. 
Seventeen years later, Mr. Speaker, the regime has yet to answer for 
its role in the attack. Its statement this weekend was nothing more 
than a desperate PR attempt to manipulate the headlines in advance of 
today's sad anniversary.
  And so as we mark the 17th anniversary of this horrible attack and 
honor the victims and the survivors of that day, we must recommit 
ourselves to holding the Iranian regime accountable for the AMIA attack 
and for the threat that it continues to pose to U.S. regional and 
global security.

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