i remember i held a hearing in this room on elian gonzalez. and reverend walker came and presented testimony and was waxing eloquent about how the child mortality rate is so low. and i had read the reports that came out of certain u.n. agencies that suggested that was so. and i asked him, because i know, one, as some of our witnesses have said earlier trusting government officials to tender honest numbers you know if you believe that, i'll sell you the brooklyn bridge. there is no reliability, there is no independent confirmation there are no cross checks checks and balances, whatsoever. i also pointed out that dr. bassett, an obgyn an african cuban, a great man who has suffered on his views of belief of human rights, he exposed policies in cuba where children who have disabilities are routinely killed through coercive abortion. sure some of these kids never make it to birth because they have been killed by the state. that is another crime against humanity. it was called that at the norberg crimes tribunal for what the nazis did. it is no less

i held a hearing in this room on elian gonzalez.everend walker came and presented testimony and was waxing eloquent about how the child mortality rate is so low. and i had read the reports that came out of certain agencies that suggested that was so. and i asked him, because i know of one, as witnesses have said earlier, trusting government officials to tender honest numbers -- if you believe that, i will sell you the brooklyn bridge. there is no reliability, no independent confirmation. there are no crosschecks or checks and balances. i also pointed out that an ob/gyn afro-cuban, a great man who has horribly suffered for his views on his belief in human rights -- he exposed eugenics policies in cuba, where children who have disabilities are routinely killed through coercive abortion. some of these kids never make it to birth because they have been killed by the state. that is another crime against humanity. it was called that at the nuremberg war crimes tribunal what the 90's did to the polish women and others. -- what the nazis di