[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 18]
[House]
[Pages 25308-25309]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 PRIME MINISTER MUHAMMAD MAHATHIR OF MALAYSIA SHOULD NOT BE WELCOME IN 
                                THE U.S.

  (Mr. KIRK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KIRK. Mr. Speaker, there comes a time in international diplomacy 
when we set aside diplomatic language and speak the truth from the 
heart.

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  Last week, Malaysia's Prime Minister Muhammad Mahathir took the 
coward's way out to blame his misrule on the Jews. He said, and I 
quote, ``The Europeans killed 6 million Jews out of 12 million, but 
today the Jews rule this world by proxy. They get others to fight and 
die for them. They survived 2,000 years of pogroms not by hitting back 
but by thinking. They invented and successfully promoted human rights 
and democracy so that persecuting them would appear to be wrong, so 
that they may enjoy equal rights with others.''
  Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister of Malaysia is an anti-Semite, a 
racist, and a bigot. He should not be welcome again in the United 
States. By following the path of Hitler and Stalin, the international 
community should work against Malaysian exports until this prime 
minister steps down.

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