[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 17]
[House]
[Pages 22511-22512]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             UNITED NATIONS

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1

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minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, following the defeat of tyranny throughout 
Europe in 1945, and in the ashes of the Holocaust, the United Nations 
was born. It was formed to create a forum to confront dictators before 
they rose to global power.
  President John F. Kennedy in his inaugural address warned some four 
decades ago that the United Nations must not become a forum for 
invective against the West. But as we saw yesterday, with the leader of 
Libya decrying Israel in terms of ``the Israeli demon,'' as we saw the 
leader of the discredited regime in Tehran denounce the ``barbaric'' 
attacks of the Zionist regime and continue to deny the Holocaust in 
public forums, we have seen the United Nations become not only a forum 
for invective against the West but especially a forum for invective 
against our most cherished ally, Israel.
  Today the American people provide 20 percent of the financial support 
for the United Nations. Today the American people are asking why.

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