E1452 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks July 14, 2008 could pay a fine and keep their second baby. The most notable remnant of the West’s un- why we are really all here. Thomas Jefferson The wife was 7 months pregnant when 10 successful attempt at ‘‘engagement’’ with Iran said, ‘‘The care of human life and its happi- family planning officials visited her at home. is the designation of the People’s Mujahedeen ness and not its destruction is the chief and The husband says they were threatened and Organization of Iran, also known as the MEK, only object of good government.’’ The phrase told that if the wife did not go to the hospital as a foreign terrorist organization. The MEK in the 14th Amendment capsulizes our entire for an abortion that the officials would take her provided significant intelligence that helped Constitution. It says, ‘‘No State shall deprive themselves. ‘‘I was scared,’’ the wife told blow the whistle on Iran’s clandestine nuclear any person of life, liberty or property without NPR. ‘‘The hospital was full of women who’d weapon and missile development programs. due process of law.’’ Madam Speaker, pro- been brought in forcibly. There wasn’t a single The MEK has already been removed from tecting the lives of our innocent citizens and spare bed. The family planning people said the United Kingdom list of terrorist organiza- their constitutional rights is why we are all forced abortions and forced sterilizations were tions. Late last month, the British parliament here. approved the order put before it by that coun- both being carried out. We saw women being The bedrock foundation of this Republic is try’s home secretary and removed the MEK pulled in one by one.’’ the clarion declaration of the self-evident truth from the UK blacklist. In light of the recent de- Madam Speaker, U.S. policy must remain in that all human beings are created equal and velopments, the United States must seriously place that protects women and their children. endowed by their Creator with the unalienable consider the court’s findings as well as the We cannot morally participate in and fund pro- rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happi- present political environment and also remove grams that ruin the lives of these women and ness. Every conflict and battle our Nation has the limitations it has placed on the MEK. unborn children. As a member of the House ever faced can be traced to our commitment We must stop appeasing Iran and shift our Committee on Appropriations, I will continue to to this core, self-evident truth. fight to maintain the protections offered by the support to the Iranian people. They are our It has made us the beacon of hope for the Kemp-Kasten Amendment, and I look forward best allies against Iran’s aggression. Iranian entire world. Madam Speaker, it is who we to working with my colleagues such as Rep- people have an unwavering longing for free- are. resentative SMITH on these issues. dom and democracy. We must work together to acknowledge their resounding rejection of And yet today another day has passed, and f extremism and move to support their efforts we in this body have failed again to honor that DEMOCRACY IN IRAN for democracy in Iran. foundational commitment. We have failed our f sworn oath and our God-given responsibility HON. BOB FILNER as we broke faith with nearly 4,000 more inno- SUNSET MEMORIAL cent American babies who died today without OF CALIFORNIA the protection we should have given them. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. TRENT FRANKS So Madam Speaker, let me conclude this Monday, July 14, 2008 OF ARIZONA Sunset Memorial in the hope that perhaps Mr. FILNER. Madam Speaker, I rise today IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES someone new who heard it tonight will finally in support of democracy in Iran and stability in Monday, July 14, 2008 embrace the truth that abortion really does kill Iraq. We in the United States Congress must Mr. FRANKS of Arizona. Madam Speaker, I little babies; that it hurts mothers in ways that work together for a stable and democratic stand once again before this House with yet we can never express; and that 12,957 days Iraq. Today, there is undisputable evidence other Sunset Memorial. spent killing nearly 50 million unborn children that Iran is the main contributor to the violence It is July 14, 2008, in the land of the free in America is enough; and that it is time that in Iraq which causes American and Iraqi cas- and the home of the brave, and before the we stood up together again, and remembered ualties. sun set today in America, almost 4,000 more that we are the same America that rejected On July 4, Iran fired yet another GRAD mis- defenseless unborn children were killed by human slavery and marched into Europe to ar- sile at Ashraf City, the residence compound of abortion on demand. That’s just today, Madam rest the Nazi Holocaust; and we are still cou- the Iranian resistance—the People’s Speaker. That’s more than the number of in- rageous and compassionate enough to find a Mujahadeen Organization of Iran. Iran’s mer- nocent lives lost on September 11 in this better way for mothers and their unborn ba- cenaries in Iraq have also been busy calling country, only it happens every day. bies than abortion on demand. for arrest, trial, and expulsion of these ‘‘pro- It has now been exactly 12,957 days since Madam Speaker, as we consider the plight tected persons’’ living in Ashraf. Our soldiers the tragedy called Roe v. Wade was first of unborn America tonight, may we each re- are protecting Ashraf in accordance with the handed down. Since then, the very foundation mind ourselves that our own days in this sun- Fourth Geneva Convention. Iranian action has of this Nation has been stained by the blood shine of life are also numbered and that all too therefore endangered them as well. of almost 50 million of its own children. Some soon each one of us will walk from these I have said many times that the mullahs in of them, Madam Speaker, cried and screamed Chambers for the very last time. Tehran do not hold all the cards. The Iranian as they died, but because it was amniotic fluid And if it should be that this Congress is al- regime’s aggressive policies are rooted in the passing over the vocal cords instead of air, we lowed to convene on yet another day to come, weakness of their regime. The unrelenting as- couldn’t hear them. may that be the day when we finally hear the sault on the civil and human rights of the Ira- All of them had at least four things in com- cries of innocent unborn children. May that be nian people is a direct response to the illegit- mon. First, they were each just little babies the day when we find the humanity, the cour- imacy of the extremist theocratic government. who had done nothing wrong to anyone, and age, and the will to embrace together our A military attack on Iran would be a tragic mis- each one of them died a nameless and lonely human and our constitutional duty to protect take. Yet, it is an error almost as grave to death. And each one of their mothers, whether these, the least of our tiny, little American think that continued appeasement of the Ira- she realizes it or not, will never be quite the brothers and sisters from this murderous nian regime is the only alternative to war. same. And all the gifts that these children scourge upon our Nation called ‘‘abortion on Reasonably, Western democracies, with the might have brought to humanity are now lost demand.’’ support of the peace activist community, forever. Yet even in the glare of such tragedy, should use all peaceful means possible to iso- this generation still clings to a blind, invincible It is July 14, 2008, 12,957 days since Roe late the Iranian regime and to avoid war. How- ignorance while history repeats itself and our versus Wade first stained the foundation of ever, the desire for a peaceful resolution of own silent genocide mercilessly annihilates the this Nation with the blood of its own children; this crisis has led into policy choices which most helpless of all victims, those yet unborn. this in the land of the free and the home of the provide Iran with the legitimacy it craves and Madam Speaker, perhaps it’s time for those brave. a strengthened diplomatic hand. of us in this Chamber to remind ourselves of

VerDate Aug 31 2005 04:46 Jul 15, 2008 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A14JY8.012 E14JYPT1 smartinez on PROD1PC64 with REMARKS July 14, 2008 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1453 SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS 2:30 p.m. 10:30 a.m. Armed Services Environment and Public Works Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, To receive a closed briefing on the status To hold hearings to examine ways to agreed to by the Senate on February 4, of negotiations with Iraq on a strategic make the nation’s highways safer for 1977, calls for establishment of a sys- framework agreement and a status of travelers. tem for a computerized schedule of all forces agreement. SD–408 SR–222 11:30 a.m. meetings and hearings of Senate com- Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions mittees, subcommittees, joint commit- Judiciary Children and Families Subcommittee Business meeting to consider S. 3155, to tees, and committees of conference. To hold hearings to examine childhood reauthorize and improve the Juvenile This title requires all such committees obesity, focusing on declining health of Justice and Delinquency Prevention America’s next generation (Part I). to notify the Office of the Senate Daily Act of 1974, S. 2746, to amend section Digest—designated by the Rules com- SD–430 Foreign Relations 552(b)(3) of title 5, United States Code mittee—of the time, place, and purpose (commonly referred to as the Freedom of the meetings, when scheduled, and To hold closed hearings to examine North Korea’s declaration of the Six- of Information Act) to provide that any cancellations or changes in the Party Talks. statutory exemptions to the disclosure meetings as they occur. S–407, Capitol requirements of that Act shall specifi- As an additional procedure along Energy and Natural Resources cally cite to the provision of that Act authorizing such exemptions, to ensure with the computerization of this infor- Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine S. 2354, to an open and deliberative process in mation, the Office of the Senate Daily direct the Secretary of the Interior to Congress by providing for related legis- Digest will prepare this information for convey 4 parcels of land from the Bu- lative proposals to explicitly state such printing in the Extensions of Remarks reau of Land Management to the city required citations, S. 3061, to authorize section of the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD of Twin Falls, Idaho, S. 3065, to estab- appropriations for fiscal years 2008 on Monday and Wednesday of each lish the Dominguez-Escalante National through 2011 for the Trafficking Vic- week. Conservation Area and the Dominguez tims Protection Act of 2000, to enhance Canyon Wilderness Area, S. 3069, to measures to combat trafficking in per- Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, July designate certain land as wilderness in sons, S. 2838, to amend chapter 1 of 15, 2008 may be found in the Daily Di- the State of California, S. 3085, to re- title 9 of United States Code with re- gest of today’s RECORD. quire the Secretary of the Interior to spect to arbitration, S. 3136, to encour- establish a cooperative watershed man- age the entry of felony warrants into MEETINGS SCHEDULED agement program, H.R. 3473, to provide the NCIC database by States and pro- for a land exchange with the City of vide additional resources for extra- JULY 16 Bountiful, Utah, involving National dition, S. 1276, to establish a grant pro- 10 a.m. Forest System land in the Wasatch- gram to facilitate the creation of Cache National Forest and to further Environment and Public Works methamphetamine precursor electronic land ownership consolidation in that Clean Air and Nuclear Safety Sub- logbook systems, and S. 3197, to amend national forest, H.R. 3490, to transfer committee title 11, United States Code, to exempt To hold hearings to examine the Nuclear administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal lands from the Bureau of Land for a limited period, from the applica- Regulatory Commission’s licensing and tion of the means-test presumption of relicensing processes for nuclear power Management to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to take such lands into trust abuse under chapter 7, qualifying mem- plants. bers of reserve components of the SD–406 for Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians Armed Forces and members of the Na- Homeland Security and Governmental Af- of the Tuolumne Rancheria, H.R. 3651, tional Guard who, after September 11, fairs to require the conveyance of certain 2001, are called to active duty or to per- To hold hearings to examine global nu- public land within the boundaries of clear detection architecture, focusing Camp Williams, Utah, to support the form a homeland defense activity for on ways to build domestic defenses to training and readiness of the Utah Na- not less than 90 days. combat a possible future attack. tional Guard, H.R. 2632, to establish the SD–226 SD–342 Sabinoso Wilderness Area in San 2 p.m. Judiciary Miguel County, New Mexico, and S. Appropriations To hold hearings to examine the Admin- 2448, to amend the Surface Mining Con- Business meeting to markup proposed istration’s detainee policies and the trol and Reclamation Act of 1977 to legislation making appropriations for fight against terrorism, focusing on make certain technical corrections. the Departments of State, Foreign Op- sound legal foundations. SD–366 erations and Related Programs, Agri- SD–226 culture, Rural Development, Food and Rules and Administration JULY 17 Drug Administration, and Related To hold hearings to examine administra- 9:30 a.m. Agencies, and Military Construction tive and management operations of the Homeland Security and Governmental Af- and Veterans Affairs, and Related United States Capitol Police. fairs Agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep- SR–301 Investigations Subcommittee tember 30, 2009. 10:30 a.m. To hold hearings to examine financial in- SR–325 Aging stitutions located in offshore tax ha- 2:30 p.m. To hold hearings to examine smart ways vens, focusing on ways to strengthen Homeland Security and Governmental Af- Americans can save for their retire- United States domestic and inter- fairs ment. national tax enforcement efforts. Disaster Recovery Subcommittee SD–562 SD–106 To hold hearings to examine major dis- 11 a.m. 10 a.m. aster recovery assessing the perform- Commission on Security and Cooperation Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs ance of the Federal Emergency Man- in Europe Business meeting to markup an original agement Agency (FEMA) since October To hold hearings to examine racism in bill entitled, ‘‘The Comprehensive Iran 2007. the 21st century, focusing on under- Sanctions, Accountability and Divest- SD–342 standing global challenges and imple- ment Act of 2008.’’. Foreign Relations menting solutions. SD–538 B318, Rayburn Building Finance To hold hearings to examine the nomina- 2 p.m. To hold hearings to examine leveraging tions of Mimi Alemayehou, of the Dis- Homeland Security and Governmental Af- innovation to improve health care trict of Columbia, to be United States fairs quality for all Americans. Director of the African Development Oversight of Government Management, the SD–215 Bank, Kenneth L. Peel, of Maryland, to Federal Workforce, and the District of Indian Affairs be United States Director of the Euro- Columbia Subcommittee To hold an oversight hearing to examine pean Bank for Reconstruction and De- To hold hearings to examine the human tracking sex offenders in Indian coun- velopment, and Miguel R. San Juan, of capital crisis at the Department of try, focusing on tribal implementation Texas, to be United States Executive State, focusing on its global implica- of the Adam Walsh Act (Public Law Director of the Inter-American Devel- tions. 109–248). opment Bank. SD–342 SD–562 SD–419

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