[Journal of the House of Representatives, 1994]
[Wednesday, February 23, 1994 (12), Para 12.6 Khalid Muhammad Speech]
[Pages 113-114]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

Para. 12.6  khalid muhammad speech

  Mr. LANTOS, pursuant to the order of the House of Tuesday, February 
22, 1994, called up the following resolution (H. Res. 343):

       Whereas the United States House of Representatives strongly 
     oppose racism, anti-Catholicism, anti-Semitism, and all forms 
     of ethnic or religious intolerance;
       Whereas the racist, anti-Catholic, and anti-Semitic speech 
     given by Kahlid Abdul Muhammad of the Nation of Islam at Kean 
     College on November 29, 1993, incites divisiveness and 
     violence on the basis of race, religion, and ethnicity; and
       Whereas Mr. Muhummad specifically justifies the slaughter 
     of Jews during the Holocaust a fully deserved; disparages the 
     Pope in the most revolting personal terms; and calls for the 
     assassination of every white infant, child, man, and woman in 
     South Africa: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the House of Representatives
       (1) condemns the speech given by Kahlid Abdul Muhammad as 
     outrageous hatemongering of the most vicious and vile kind; 
     and
       (2) condemns all manifestations and expressions of racism, 
     anti-Catholicism, anti-Semitism, and ethnic or religious 
     intolerance.

  When said resolution was considered.
  After debate,
  By unanimous consent, the time for debate was extended by twenty 
minutes, to be equally divided and controlled by Mr. Lantos and Mr. 
Hyde.
  After further debate,
  The previous question having been ordered by said order of the House.
  The question being put, viva voce,
  Will the House agree to said resolution?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. MONTGOMERY, announced that the yeas had 
it.
  Mr. LANTOS demanded that the vote be taken by the yeas and nays, which 
demand was supported by one-fifth of the Members present, so the yeas 
and nays were ordered.

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  The vote was taken by electronic device.

Yeas

361

It was decided in the

Nays

34

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affirmative

Answered present

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