[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 109 (Thursday, July 19, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H5075]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               DENOUNCING ACCUSATIONS AGAINST HUMA ABEDIN

  (Mr. SHERMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SHERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to add my voice to those who have 
come forward to denounce the unwarranted attacks on Huma Abedin, a key 
aid to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and a woman who has given 
years of service to this Nation and to the State Department.
  As it happens, my wife has given her entire career to the State 
Department, and I know how angry I would be if she were attacked based 
on some twisted exaggeration of something that her relatives may have 
done decades ago, notwithstanding her absolutely spotless record.
  No one in this House is more dedicated to combatting radical Islamist 
ideologies and the governments and organizations that espouse them, but 
the unwarranted attacks on Huma Abedin undermine our effort to do just 
that.
  Now we face, in Egypt and elsewhere, the outrageous attack that our 
decision to engage with the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt is not a 
decision made in our own national interest, but somehow is the result 
of undue influence.
  Let me simply say that I join Senator John McCain in calling for 
these dangerous accusations, unwarranted accusations, to be withdrawn.

                          ____________________