[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3624]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    REMARKS OF CONGRESSMAN STEVE KING REGARDING SENATOR BARACK OBAMA

  (Ms. SCHAKOWSKY asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Madam Speaker, I rise to strongly condemn the remarks 
made about U.S. Senator and Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack 
Obama by Congressman Steve King of Iowa, who said that if Barack Obama 
became President, al Qaeda terrorists would, and I quote, ``be dancing 
in the streets in greater numbers than they did on September 11.'' Why? 
Because, he said, ``of his middle name and because of who his father 
was.''
  Senator Obama, like all of us in this House, swore on the Bible to 
defend our country from all enemies, foreign and domestic. He has done 
nothing to warrant this attack. He has served his country honorably in 
the U.S. Senate. This attack on his patriotism, religion, heritage, and 
middle name amount to nothing more than a smear campaign.
  I would fully expect these comments to come from people like Rush 
Limbaugh or Ann Coulter, not from one of my House colleagues. There is 
simply no room in this country for remarks like these, remarks that Mr. 
King declares he stands by.
  I urge my colleagues to join me in condemning these hateful remarks.

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