[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5351]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  AMERICAN AID TO ``HAMAS'' UNIVERSITY

  (Mr. POE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. POE. Mr. Speaker, incompetence seems to be running loose in a 
couple of Federal foreign aid programs. The United States dumps 
millions of American dollars for programs all over the world. Some of 
these may be worthwhile, but I want to mention some that defy common 
sense.
  According to the Washington Times, the United States has been giving 
millions of dollars to two Palestinian universities with links to the 
terrorist organization Hamas. The money is sent through the United 
States Agency for International Development and through a sister group 
called the American Near East Refugee Aid.
  The Islamic University, which is controlled by Hamas, has received 
money for student scholarships and money to build a state-of-the-art 
facility. Al Quds University also got millions of dollars for 
scholarships for 2,000 students. This is the same university that held 
a week-long celebration honoring the founder of the suicide belt that 
kills Americans and innocents. So it seems the good ole U.S. taxpayer 
is paying for both sides of the war on terror.
  No American money should be given to any university that preaches and 
teaches hate and terror.
  And that's just the way it is.

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