[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 174 (Monday, December 5, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H7178]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
UNITED NATIONS
(Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House
for 1 minute.)
Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Madam Speaker, last week, the United Nations
General Assembly passed six anti-Israel resolutions, including yet
another one that denies and distances Jewish and Christian ties to the
Temple Mount.
In fact, Madam Speaker, the General Assembly will have taken up 20
anti-Israel resolutions by the end of this session and will have only
brought up four--one, two, three, four--measures against some of the
world's worst human rights violators like Iran, China, Russia, North
Korea, Venezuela, and Cuba--combined.
This just underscores, Madam Speaker, the need for systemwide reforms
at the United Nations.
With the new administration, Madam Speaker, we have an opportunity in
the upcoming Congress to wield our considerable influence and leverage
to promote and enact reforms by reassessing how we contribute taxpayer
dollars to the corrupt U.N. system.
The U.S. must stop legitimizing this farce at the United Nations. It
is time for us to take action and bring much-needed reforms.
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