[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5175]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     THE ARAFAT ACCOUNTABILITY ACT

  Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, on Thursday, Senator McConnell and I 
introduced legislation that had findings as well as bill language 
containing some sanctions. The title of the legislation is the Arafat 
Accountability Act. I do not want to argue that now, but I do want to 
point out, in a column in this morning's New York Times, Mr. William 
Safire, under the title ``Democrats vs. Israel,'' made a statement 
about this resolution, saying it has been blocked by Majority Leader 
Tom Daschle.
  This is not true. Senator McConnell and I presented the bill on 
Thursday. We indicated we were not pushing for its passage at the 
present time, that we wanted time to go out and achieve a number of 
cosponsors. That was the reason for any delay. So I would like the 
record to clearly reflect that.

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