[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 42 (Friday, March 8, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H2607]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                        DENOUNCING ANTI-SEMITISM

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I first want to acknowledge the passing 
of a dear friend, Congressman Ralph Hall, who was a great leader and a 
great Texan.
  But I also rise today, Mr. Speaker, to ensure that the American 
people know what we did this week; and that is condemning anti-Semitism 
as hateful expressions of intolerance that are contradictory to the 
values and aspirations that define the United States of America. This 
is the strongest, most definitive denouncing of anti-Semitism that the 
United States Congress has ever voted on--407 votes.
  This summer I will be in my almost 30th year of sending young people 
to Israel in a kibbutz program named after former Congressman Mickey 
Leland.
  We understand the value of applauding all people, and, yes, we don't 
want Americans who happen to be Muslims to be discriminated against or 
associated with the burning towers, Muslims who have served in the 
United States military or white nationalists who will be willing to 
talk about the hatefulness against African Americans, Latinos, Native 
Americans, Asians, and Pacific Islanders.
  Mr. Speaker, this is an important statement, and I am glad to have 
been associated with it. We should applaud all those who voted for it.

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