H5196 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 24, 2012 with our farm policy, our military pol- I think it is important for us to re- ues, some of which I have just men- icy, tax reform, health care. I would spect what we’ve got, think about the tioned, and others we have not ex- hope that in Congress we can return to alternatives, and have a discussion plored. the days where we actually had regular where the interests—whether they are And last but not least, before we order and we discussed things like this direct mail, they are marketing, they make changes, I think we ought to be in committee, that every bill wasn’t a are online shopping, they are people in sure that we know that they are going partisan vehicle, and when there was terms of the pharmaceutical industry, to get what is advertised because, de- give and take and challenging one an- senior citizens, rural and small town spite all of the rhetoric, we have the other in terms of ways it could be done America—let’s get in and talk about lowest cost, most efficient postal serv- better, and listening to a wide variety this, find out not by declaring war ice in the world, moving 40 percent of of opinions. And I say by all means against postal employees, but working the traffic, doing it very cost effec- allow a wide variety of opinions to with them in a cooperative fashion to tively, despite the fact that Congress, come forward to talk about the future find out suggestions that they have in in its wisdom, has tied the hands of the of the postal service. I think that’s terms of moving forward, and looking postal service, dictated rates, told healthy. I welcome it. I’ve spent a lot at what this tremendous resource that them what they could close or not of time talking to people on the Postal we have, what the value is. close, and changes course repeatedly. Rate Commission. I’ve talked to lead- I’m in the State of Oregon, where b 2120 ership in the management of the postal now all of our ballots are done by di- I would hope we could do a better job service, postal employees, people who rect mail. It is a way to improve effi- working with our partners there and are customers, and competitors of the ciency and lower cost for local govern- the people who depend on it to make postal service. I want to explore these ments. Broader application of mail-in this part of an area where we figure out issues. ballots would improve the security, the how to do business differently, because I’m absolutely convinced that the in- efficiency, and cost savings. We have I think there are opportunities not terests that are involved with the post- barely scratched the surface of that. al service, broadly defined, including There have been deep concerns, and I only to save money but to take advan- its unions and employees, understand note that we had a somber observance tage of this resource. I think it ought to be done thoughtfully, I think it that there is going to be more change today about the death of a couple of ought to be done soon, and I appreciate taking place in the future. That there our employees, guards who were the opportunity to discuss it here this are some adjustments where there is gunned down on this day in 1998. We’ve evening. probably more capacity than we need, lived through eras where there were I yield back the balance of my time. there will be changes going forward. concerns about anthrax, about oppor- We want to be careful and selective tunities that some may be involved f about what we do. But I go back to my with bioterrorism. And there have been THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD point about the impact it will have on scares about pandemics. Well, it may INQUIRY rural and small town America. I want well be in our future that there would The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under to be sure that the changes that we un- be great value to having a network the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- dertake don’t make great difficulty for that reaches 150 million addresses six uary 5, 2011, the Chair recognizes the people who don’t have the access that times a week with a skilled workforce gentleman from Texas (Mr. GOHMERT) some of us who live in metropolitan that can turn that around in a matter for 30 minutes. areas have, people who are connected of hours. Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, there’s to the Internet and people who have You don’t have to stretch your been a great deal of wailing and gnash- ready access to other resources. imagination very far to think of acts of ing of teeth, it seems lately, in re- I think it is important that when disease or terror where that network sponse to a letter that five of us signed people are talking about reducing the may well make a difference. We’re find- to five different inspectors general, five sixth day of service, that they think ing oftentimes in communities that it’s different departments of the U.S. Gov- about the implications for individuals the postal worker who is alert to prob- ernment. Despite the effort to distract, who depend on that. For many people lems within a family or somebody that despite the wild accusations that have who work and get packages that are is missing and not showing up. They come about five separate letters that important to them, being able to have are eyes and ears that do not just vol- were quite factual, set out things that them delivered on Saturday is impor- unteer projects but connect people. were footnoted, documented as true, we tant, and particularly when you look Let’s think about the value of that net- were simply asking inspectors general at holidays that go over weekends, the work before we start to unravel it. of the different departments if they difficulty of delivery of things like Mr. Speaker, I will conclude where I would investigate about potential Mus- medicine is not a trivial question. And began. I think everybody whose is priv- lim Brotherhood effects within those the fact that the postal service is in a ileged to serve in this Chamber needs departments. sense a partner with some of its private to think about how we do business dif- I have been amazed. Out of five let- sector competitors, cutting back on ferently. I think we need to be open to ters to five different departments, each that service, what it does with those arguments, questions, evidence, to be one of them different, each one of them competitor-partners and what it does able to squeeze more value out of the dealing with facts that were in each with people who are marketing public dollar, to use the resources to particular department, we have been through the Internet, through the protect the vitality and livability of met with this frenzy from some quar- mail, this needs careful consideration. our communities, and to build partner- ters, including some of the mainstream It is interesting as people dive into ships and relationships. And I welcome media, to demonize people that are just the numbers behind the elimination of the discussion that we’re having with simply asking questions. Actually, we Saturday service. You’re eliminating 17 the postal service in the media and used to have a mainstream media that percent of the postal capacity and it here in Congress. But I would hope, Mr. would ask questions. would only save 2, maybe 3 percent, Speaker, we could do it in a way that Also, when you look at the fact that and there would be costs associated is thoughtful and broad-based. I would in 1995, the defendants charged with in- with that. It is kind of interesting. I hope that we would be able to look at volvement in the 1993 first World Trade would like us to think about what it what the postal service has provided Center bombing were tried, and as the does to the business model, if you’re for 236 years. I would hope that we prosecutor, the Federal prosecutor in going to eliminate 17 percent of the would think about the value of the that case, a brilliant guy named An- service and you save a couple percent workforce. It’s not just over a half-mil- drew McCarthy has set out in one of in operation; particularly, as I men- lion family wage jobs that makes a big his articles, we proved, we introduced tioned, that we constrain what they difference, particularly in small town evidence and proved beyond a reason- charge and we have an artificial finan- and rural America, but these are people able doubt that the intention of these cial barrier with the 75-year pre-fund- who have a skill set and a distribution people, these radical Islamist groups, ing of health care. across the country which has other val- was to bring down this country.

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And Denis McDonough, the has another individual in charge of the about the effort of these radical number two guy, the deputy national Countering Violent Extremism Work- Islamists, Islamic jihadists, to bring security adviser, thanks President ing Group, so she doesn’t really know if down America, what’s happened since Imam Magid, the president of ISNA, they have Muslim Brotherhood mem- 1995 that all of a sudden this adminis- the named co-conspirator for sup- bers as a part of that. tration says, oh, no, forget what was porting terrorism, for the wonderful I asked her this question: All right. proved beyond a reasonable doubt to prayers he gave at the Iftar celebration Are you aware that the president of New Yorkers in 1995 and been upheld, in the White House the August before, ISNA, Imam Magid, is a member of you can’t believe that? Don’t look at Iftar being the celebration that con- that working group. Correct? the factual evidence behind the cur- cludes Ramadan. Secretary Napolitano: I can’t answer tain, for heaven’s sake; just look at So we know the President of the larg- that that is an accurate statement. what we’re telling you, and we’re tell- est, according to evidence in the Holy So she doesn’t know whether the ing you there is no Muslim Brother- Land Foundation, the largest Muslim president of what’s been established in hood involvement in America, and Brotherhood front trial, the president court as the largest Muslim Brother- there’s no Muslim Brotherhood effect gets invited to the White House to do hood front group in America is part of or influence in this administration. prayers for their Iftar celebration. And her advisory group at Homeland Secu- But that is deeply troubling because we also know Denis McDonough rity. we know from the Holy Land Founda- thanked Iman Magid for the wonderful Of course it was interesting in our tion trial in Dallas, that was well tried introduction there at the All Dulles hearing last week, she also indicated in 2008, and convictions on over 100 dif- Area Muslim Society. that there had not been a terrorist that ferent charges, and they established, So it’s a little troubling not only had been allowed into the White House they named defendants, proved beyond that this influence is there, but then with the Egyptian recent group, when a reasonable doubt about the charges when five Members of Congress raise a we had been reading in the paper that of their support for terrorism, and they question, how about an investigation there had—of course, that may not be a also named numerous parties as co- to see what this influence is? Because good source because they were main- conspirators in support of terrorism, we know minds are changing, although stream papers—but we had been read- and the Justice Department was in- the evidence has not changed that was ing that there was a member of a volved in that, the Attorney General’s introduced in 1995 and 2008. known terrorist group that was al- Office was involved, and they proved Our good friend down the Hall, Sen- lowed into the White House and that he beyond a reasonable doubt that there ator MCCAIN, chastised us. Yet, if you used that platform to lobby for the re- were Muslim Brotherhood groups who believe quotes, and sometimes you lease of the blind sheik who had as- were supporting terrorism in America. can’t, but he was quoted as saying at sisted in planning the 1993 World Trade At least they proved beyond a reason- the beginning of the trouble in Egypt Center bombing. able doubt the defendants were in- that he was, and he used the word, ac- So I thought it might be helpful, Mr. volved in supporting terrorism, and cording to the article, unalterably op- Speaker, tonight to just touch base re- then basically—it might be deemed or posed to any support for the Muslim garding the timeline that Investors called a preponderance of the evi- Brotherhood. Business Daily sponsored. It was an dence—that others who were not in- editorial. It was dated July 19, 2012, b 2130 dicted, but were named, such as CAIR posted at 6:46 p.m. eastern time. And it and ISNA, the Islamic Society of North Well, if that was the word then, the can be found at investors.com, Mr. America, in that case, the evidence was word now is altered unalterability be- Speaker. But it’s entitled, ‘‘How produced to establish that the Islamic cause it appears that he sees no prob- Obama Engineered Mideast Society of North America is the largest lem with what’s going forward. If he Radicalization.’’ And then it goes Muslim Brotherhood front group in does, then my apologies if he now ob- through, and after preliminary para- America. jects to any assistance to the Muslim graphs, it just sets out a timeline for And some of us who simply signed a Brotherhood. But it’s my impression things that have happened. letter asking questions? Look, how that he didn’t have a problem with this I hope my friends, who have been so about doing an investigation to see administration’s help to Egypt now. quick to condemn and ridicule, and what the influence of the Muslim So when we see the things that have even people who are on committees Brotherhood is in this administration? gone on—the things that have been in- who should know about these things Because previously, including through troduced and proven in court and the and should know about the evidence in the prosecution in November of 2008 of Fifth Circuit saying, no, you cannot the Holy Land Foundation trial where the largest terrorism support allega- strike those names from the pleading Muslim Brotherhood ties were estab- tions in American history, it was es- because there’s sufficient evidence to lished, and they should know about the tablished the Muslim Brotherhood is establish that they were supporting proof in 1995 at the World Trade Center alive and well and having influence in terrorism, so, no, you can’t strike first trial of the defendants that did America. those named co-conspirators from the that. I would think they would be wel- Yet, the Islamic Society of North pleadings—and somehow five Members coming, since there are many people America’s President, Imam Magid, has of Congress are the bad guys for saying who are not aware of what the evidence been a guest at the White House, and, let’s investigate. was in those. They would welcome in fact, if someone, I guess because What influence has this group had— input from someone as well versed as they regularly don’t do their home- and I know from back in my ques- the prosecutor from the 1995 World work, were to check, as I have in the tioning of the Secretary of Homeland Trade Center trial. past, I don’t know if it’s still there, Security last October, when I was ask- So this is from Investors Business there were a couple of times I checked ing if it was true that there were some Daily, an editorial. It says: in the past couple of years, but if you members of the Muslim Brotherhood The Obama record: After angry Egyptians were to check with the White House who were part of her Countering Vio- pelted her motorcade with shoes chanting Web site, you would find that the num- lent Extremism Working Group that ‘‘Leave!,’’ Secretary of State Clinton insisted ber two person in the National Secu- advises Homeland Security on how to the U.S. wasn’t there to take sides. Too late. rity Administration, the Deputy Na- deal with what some of us would call ‘‘I want to be clear that the United States tional Security Adviser, Denis ‘‘radical Islamic jihad,’’ but which is not in the business, in Egypt, of choosing McDonough, was giving a speech to a Homeland Security now calls ‘‘violent winners and losers, even if we could, which of course we cannot,’’ Hillary Clinton intoned group called ADAMS—I’m sure John extremism’’—apparently not wanting earlier this week. Adams appreciated the reference—but to offend people who are wanting to Of course, the administration could, and it ADAMS, the All Dulles Area Muslim commit radical Islamic jihad on our did, picking and even colluding with the Society, and there is the transcript of country. But I asked her in that hear- Muslim Brotherhood. And one of its

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They’d been gathering it for years. secularists and helped them overthrow Hosni 2011: The Brotherhood wins control of And I was amazed that they seemed Mubarak, the reliable U.S. ally who had out- Egyptian Parliament, vows to tear up lawed the terrorist Brotherhood and honored Egypt’s 30-year peace treaty with Israel and surprised—or whether or not they were the peace pact with Israel for three decades. reestablishes ties with Hamas, Hezbollah. surprised, they didn’t do anything to The Brotherhood, in contrast, has backed 2011: Obama gives Mideast speech demand- sever ties with CAIR, which seems to Hamas and called for the destruction of ing Israel relinquish land to Palestinians, be, with the ACLU, the most influen- Israel. while still refusing to visit Israel. tial in getting this administration to Now the administration is dealing with the And parenthetically, we know that purge its training documents for the consequences of its misguided king-making. the administration has now said if people that are supposed to protect us, Officials fear the new regime could invite al we’ll just give him another term, then of anything that might be considered Qaeda, now run by an Egyptian exile, back offensive to someone who was a Muslim into Egypt and open up a front with Israel the next 4 years he will go see Israel. Back to the article: Brotherhood member or Islamist. along the Sinai. Result: more terrorists and Now, I’ve visited with Muslims higher gas prices. 2011: Justice Department pulls plug on fur- abroad. A man named Massoud, whose In fact, it was Hillary’s own Department ther prosecution of U.S.-based Brotherhood that helped train Brotherhood leaders for the front groups identified as collaborators in brother was assassinated just within 36 Egyptian elections. Behind the scenes, she conspiracy to funnel millions to Hamas. hours of 9/11, I consider him a friend. and the White House made a calculated deci- 2011: In a shocking first, the State Depart- He knows about sacrifice. sion and took step-by-step actions to effec- ment formalizes ties with Egypt’s Brother- The State Department said they sim- tively sell out Israel and U.S. interests in hood, letting diplomats deal directly with ply could not spare the security to get the Mideast to the Islamists. Brotherhood party officials in Cairo. me and anyone else to a meeting with The untold story of the ‘‘Arab Spring’’ is April 2012: The administration quietly re- our Muslim friends who have fought that the Obama administration secretly leases $1.5 billion in foreign aid to the new with Americans, buried their loved helped bring Islamofascists to power. Con- Egyptian regime. ones like Americans have from fighting sider this timeline: June 2012: Morsi wins presidency amid 2009: The Brotherhood’s spiritual leader— in Afghanistan, these are our friends. widespread reports of electoral fraud and And I told our State Department, Sheik Yusuf Qaradawi—writes an open letter voter intimidation by gun-toting Brother- to Obama arguing terrorism is a direct re- hood thugs, including blockades of entire that’s fine; I talked to Massoud, and sponse to U.S. foreign policy. streets to prevent Christians from going to he’s sending a security vehicle, and I 2009: Obama travels to Cairo to deliver the polls. The Obama administration turns a am certainly willing to put my life in apologetic speech to Muslims and infuriates blind eye, recognizes Morsi as victor. his hands because I trust him. He’s a the Mubarak regime by inviting banned June 2012: In a victory speech, Morsi vows Muslim friend. Brotherhood leaders to attend. Obama delib- to instate shari’ah law, turning Egypt into I told them I was going, after we fin- erately snubs Mubarak, who was neither an Islamic theocracy, and also promises to ished meeting with our troops. And present nor mentioned. He also snubs Israel free jailed terrorists. He also demands after we met with our troops, I was ad- during Mideast trip. Obama free World Trade Center terrorist and vised, we’ve arranged for an American 2009: Obama appoints a Brotherhood-tied Brotherhood leader, Omar Abdel-Rahman, Islamist—Rashad Hussain—as U.S. envoy to security vehicle to take you, and we aka the Blind Sheik, from U.S. prison. have contacted Mr. Massoud to let him the Organization of the Islamic Conference, June 2012: State grants visa to banned which supports the Brotherhood. Egyptian terrorists who joins a delegation of know we would get you to the meeting. We should never be afraid of Mus- The Organization of Islamic Con- Brotherhood officials from Egypt. They’re lims, but we should be afraid of Muslim ference, by the way, the OIC, it isn’t in all invited to the White House to meet with extremists that want to take over our the article, but it is composed of 57 Obama’s deputy national security adviser, who listens to their demands for the release country and destroy our way of life. It states. Fifty-seven Muslim states make of the blind sheik. is critical that our intelligence, our up the OIC, and that’s what is being re- Justice Department, those who are ferred to there. By the way, in the hearing last week, when I asked our Secretary of Home- supposed to be protecting us, even in 2010: State Department lifts visa ban on the White House, that they know the Tariq Ramadan, suspected terrorist and land Security about that incident, widely reported, even the mainstream difference between our Muslim friends Egyptian-born grandson of Brotherhood and those who want to subvert the de- founder Hassan al-Banna. media was reporting it, that a member 2010: Hussein meets with Ramadan at of a known terrorist organization was mocracy in America. I make no apologies for that. I can’t. American-sponsored conference attended by given access to the White House, she U.S. and Brotherhood officials. indicated that it just wasn’t true, ap- I took an oath to defend this Constitu- tion. I can’t apologize for loving Amer- 2010: Hussein meets with the Brotherhood’s parently, not knowing the news that ica enough that I will recognize those grand mufti in Egypt. was happening just across town from 2010: Obama meets one-on-one with Egypt’s who are Muslim friends and those who her Department. foreign minister, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, who are not. later remarks on Nile TV: ‘‘The American In any event, back to the article: With that, Mr. Speaker, I yield back President told me in confidence that he is a July 2012: Obama invites Morsi to visit the the balance of my time. Muslim.’’ White House this September. 2010: The Brotherhood’s supreme guide The Muslim Brotherhood’s sudden ascend- f calls for jihad against the U.S. ancy in the Mideast didn’t happen organi- LEAVE OF ABSENCE cally. It was helped along by a U.S. Presi- 2011: Qaradawi calls for ‘‘days of rage’’ By unanimous consent, leave of ab- against Mubarak and other pro-Western re- dent sympathetic to its interests over those gimes throughout Mideast. of Israel and his own country. sence was granted to: Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas (at the re- Now, that’s the Investor’s Business b 2140 quest of Ms. PELOSI) for today between Daily editorial from July 19 of 2012. 1 and 5 p.m. on account of attending a 2011: Riots erupt in Cairo’s Tahrir Square. I was shocked to previously find out Crowds organized by the Brotherhood de- memorial service for her former chief mand Mubarak’s ouster, storm buildings. that it was not until 2009 that our FBI of staff. 2011: The White House fails to back long- sent a letter saying they were sus- Mr. REYES (at the request of Ms. time ally Mubarak, who flees Cairo. pending their relationship, one place it PELOSI) for today on account of med- 2011: White House sends intelligence czar, referred, I believe the word ‘‘partner’’ ical reasons. James Clapper, to Capitol Hill to whitewash with CAIR, CAIR being a named co-de- f the Brotherhood’s extremism. Clapper testi- fendant related to Muslim Brotherhood fies the group is moderate, ‘‘largely secular.’’ activity and related to support for ter- ENROLLED BILL SIGNED 2011: Qaradawi, exiled from Egypt for 30 rorism abroad. years, is given a hero’s welcome in Tahrir Karen L. Haas, Clerk of the House, Square, where he raises the banner of jihad. It referred to the convictions in the reported and found truly enrolled a bill 2011: Through his State Department office, 2008 Holy Land Foundation trial and of the House of the following title, William Taylor—Clinton’s special coordi- the evidence that was introduced at which was thereupon signed by the nator for Middle East transitions and a long- the trial, but what shocked me is that Speaker:

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