[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 23248]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  EXPRESSING DISMAY WITH REMARKS OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HOWARD DEAN

  (Mr. BURNS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BURNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my dismay with the 
recent remarks made by Presidential candidate Howard Dean. His remarks 
related to the U.S. role in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
  Dr. Dean said that it is ``not our place to take sides,'' in this 
conflict. He could not be more wrong. We must as Americans support the 
only democracy in the region that deals with the ongoing battle of 
terror. I was in Israel just last month, and I saw firsthand the death 
and destruction of Hamas and the suicide bombers. They continue to 
inflict this tragedy on the country of Israel.
  Edmond Burke said that ``all that is necessary for the triumph of 
evil is for good men to do nothing.'' Dr. Dean would have us do nothing 
and allow evil to triumph over our friends and our allies.
  His comments are out of touch and uninformed. I call on all of my 
colleagues in this body from both sides of the aisle to denounce his 
thoughtless words. Truly good men recognize that what he has said is 
simply wrong and that he should be reminded that it is always the place 
of the United States to take the side against terror.

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