[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6166]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 SETBACKS FOR PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST

  (Mr. WEINER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WEINER. Madam Speaker and ladies and gentlemen of the House, our 
bipartisan efforts to isolate terrorism and terrorists and to find a 
lasting and secure peace in the Middle East got two setbacks this week 
from sadly predictable sources.
  First, the United Nations appointed a human rights inspector by the 
name of Richard Falk whom my hometown newspaper, the Daily News, 
correctly called ``the nutty professor'' because of his position, as he 
goes into this job of overseeing human rights, that the Israelis are 
like Nazis. This is who they appoint to try to come to a peaceful human 
rights conclusion in that part of the world.
  And then, sadly, we had another chapter in how not to be a former 
President from Jimmy Carter who goes to the Middle East, and rather 
than trying to pursue peace, embraces Hamas, the organization 
responsible for hundreds of rockets falling in Israel.
  It is hard to imagine two institutions or two people that could be 
more of a setback than these two. The United Nations once again shows 
that they are unfit for their role of trying to find a moderate and 
lasting peace in that part of world. And, sadly, Jimmy Carter continues 
to write a chapter about how not to be a former President.

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