holocaust memorial museum serves as one of the world's leading authorities on the holocaust. and let me say with no small measure of american pride, it has become an essential stop for every american visiting our nation's capital with few exceptions. it was dedicated on april 22, 1993 and has welcomed 30 million visitors, eight million school children and 85 heads of state. the museum's mission is simply this, to quote, advance and disseminate knowledge about this unprecedented tragedy to preserve the memory of those who suffered and encourage visitors to reflect on the moral and spiritual questions raised by the holocaust as well as their own responsibility of citizens of a democracy, closed quote. and anyone who has walked those solemn hallways knows that the united states holocaust memorial museum accomplishes that mission. this attack at the u.s. holocaust memorial museum is a horrific reminder of the violence that can stem from unchecked hatred, intolerance and anti-semitism as well as the denial of history that is off manifested in that sentiment. . no act of violence w

holocaust museum. some of us were there that rainy, rainy day when the holocaust memorial was dedicated, the holocaust memorial and museum. eli wiesel spoke to us so profoundly about what it meant -- elie wiesel spoke to us so profouvendly about what it meant, and about the future. while the holocaust memorial and museum is about something that happened in the past, it is a memorial and reminder to us about ridding our societies of these kinds of attitudes. so how ironic, our ironic that this person, this individual would go into that museum with hate in his heart, a gun in his hand, and kill this beautiful man, stephen johns who really gave his life, he guarded others with his life. i'd like to take a moment and pay special tribute to stephen johns, whose life was true crewelly taken yesterday. he was known to his colleagues as a soft-spoken, gentle giant. stephen loved his hometown football team, the redskins, and loved to travel across the united states. sad to say, well, it was a happy moment for h

the victims of the holocaust. the memorial itself is a witness to truth and the promotion of human dignity and tolerance. wednesday's attack on that museum by a crazed hate philed gunman is yet another chilling reminder that our society still harbored a dangerous collection of bigots and racists who hate jews. unparalleled since the dark days of the second world war, jewish communities around the world are today facing violent attacks against synagogue, jewish cultural sites, cemeteries, and individuals. anti-semitism is an ugly reality that won't go away by ignoring it or by wishing it away. it must be combated with resolve and tenacity. and it must be defeated. the sad and deeply troubling reality is that james von brunn cannot be dismissed as an aberration but is connected to a whole hate promoting movement that results in violence against jews in america and around the world on practically a daily basis. the anti-defamation league recently issued its annual audit of anti-semitic incidents. they are to be congr

as we must understand that the holocaust museum was not simply a place to remember loss, awful loss, but also courage and standing up to great adversity. may we all celebrate the life of officer johns and the six million jews who were murdered and memorialized at the holocaust museum by going to the holocaust museum, by supporting that museum and by showing defiantly that we will not be coward and we will not be deterred from standing up for

and so the way to consider the immeasurable kpwafbgt holocaust on israel -- impact of the holocaust on israel is not to ask whether the state would exist other ayes. it is in one sense to imagine how vibrant israel would be if millions upon millions had been -- had not been denied a chance to know it. mr. president, the attacks on israel have barely stopped since 1948, not just attacks by armies but attacks by individuals, attacks by tanks and terrorists, attacks have come in the form of stones and they have come in the form of speeches. its enemies taepltd to as sass -- have attempted to assassinate people with rockets and its character with hateful rhetoric. today it is still surrounded by hostility. its back is still to the sea and surrounded by hos teuflt from hezbollah in lebanon and hamas in the gaza strip. one thing must be absolutely, indisputably clear there is no more equivalency between israel and hamas. israel is a sovereign democratic state of 7.5 million people, jews, muslims and christians. hamas is a terrorist organization. it won control of gaza after men in ski masks

today the holocaust museum is closed. flags fly at half-staff. when it opens tomorrow it will continue to serve as one of our nation's most poignant reminders of the inexcusable racism, hatred, violence and cruelty we must never stop working to erase from the world. when it opens tomorrow, and every day thereafter, stephen johns, courage and c

but frankly, we must say to those who we are mourn by putting forward a holocaust museum, many across the nation and in my town of houston that we stand with them in solidarity. to my good friend, peter and fred who chairs the holocaust museum in washington, you have my deepest sympathy, my respect and i stand in solidarity with you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise? -- texas rise. >> i rise to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. olson: madam speaker, i rise today to pay tribute to the needville blue jays who defeated the salinea bobcats in austin to win the texas class 3-a girls high school softball championship last week. the blue jays played their hearts out and have made all texans proud. only three years ago six members of the needville team played in the 2006 junior softball world series where they finished third overall. this state championship victory was the result of years of practi

today the holocaust museum is closed. flags fly at half-staff. when it opens tomorrow it will continue to serve as one of our nation's most poignant reminders of the inexcusable racism, hatred, violence and cruelty we must never stop working to erase from the world. when it opens tomorrow, and every day thereafter, stephen johns, courage and courtesy, will be mixed. madam president, our plan to fix america's broken health care system is based on a simple premise: when it comes to keeping ourselves and our loved ones healthy, people -- not corporations -- should be at the driver's seat. we have a land to right that rock. that plan is guided by three goals. the number one, lower the high cost of health care. number two, ensure every american has abscess to quality, affordable -- has access to quality, affordable care; finally, people can choose their own doctors, hops and health plan. one choice should be a public option. this has two primary benefits. first, people can choose to get their insurance from someone other than a greedy private insuranc

the jewish people suffered expulsions, pogroms, blood rivals and massacres which culminated in a holocaust, a suffering that has no parallel in human history. there are those who say if holocaust had not occurred, the state of israel would have never been established. but i say that if the state of israel had been established in time, the holocaust would never have occurred. [applause] this tragic history of powerlessness explains why the jewish people need a sovereign power of self-defense. but our right to build our state, our sovereign state here, in the land of israel arises from one simple fact. this is the homeland of the jewish people. this is where our identity was forged. [applause] as israel's first prime minister proclaimed in israel and declaration of independence, the jewish people arose in the land of israel and it is here that it spiritual and religious character was shaped. he retains sovereignty and here in bequeathed to the world it's natural and cultural treasures and the most eternal of books. but, my friends, we must also tell the whole truth here. the truth in its ent

there are those who say that if the holocaust had not occurred, the state of israel would never have been established. but i say that if the state of israel would have been established earlier, the holocaust would not have occurred. this tragic history of powerlessness explains why the jewish people need a sovereign power of self-defence. but our right to build our sovereign state here, in the land of israel, arises from one simple fact: this is the homeland of the jewish people, this is where our identity was forged. this is where our identity was forged. [applause] minister david ben-gurion proclaimed in israel's declaration of independence: "the jewish people arose in the land of israel and it was here that its spiritual, religious and political character was shaped. here they attained their sovereignty, and here they bequeathed to the world their national and cultural treasures, and the most eternal of books. sovereignty and here in bequeathed to the world but we must also tell the truth in its entirety: within this homeland lives a large palestinian community. we do not want to

, but is getting together the tools for a new holocaust and sit there. and my final point is there are two commandos at the top, you know, prime minister netanyahu and barack, and commandos tend to be very bold. >> from the israeli perspective looking at the outcome of the election, do you think that increased -- what does that do, does that make an attack more or less likely? >> yeah, that's a tough question. i would say -- >> that's why i asked. [laughter] >> i would say probably more likely because it's going to become more clear faster that the diplomacy isn't going forward. >> right. so most importantly, thank you so much for coming and participating in this event. thank you for coming to heritage, and join me in thanking our panelists for a really great presentation. [applause] [inaudible conversations] ..

yesterday we were all deeply shaken by the news of the violent attack at the holocaust museum. it reminds us of the valiant work of people who strive to protect us here, whether it's the tourists who visit, the press who covers it, members of congress, the embassies, the administration. they do so with great courage. we had our own gibson and chestnut, those two words mean a great deal to us here. now steven johns. later today we will have a resolution on the floor, hopefully to be a comfort to his family and also to talk about how despicable this act of violence was. it's really sad. earlier this week we met with the president at the white house when he announced his pay-as-you-go initiative. it was with great excitement that we heard his statement. just as a little history, maybe even ancient history to some of you, that means before you were born history, in 1982 at the democratic mid term convention in philadelphia congressman george miller introduced a resolution for pay-as-you-go. it was -- it passed. it became part of the democratic platform that year. it took until 1990

you had a series of pogroms in eastern europe and then you have the holocaust for in the west tried to find some sort of grand historical compromise with judaism whereby a homeland for the jewish people is established in palestine. i think what the president -- these are very treacherous waters -- what the president is trying to do directly or indirectly is try to support that part of the debate about israel and palestine that says it is time now for the west to try to find a grand, historical compromise with islam and the muslim world by restoring some of the rights that the palestinians have lost when they lost their land and their country in 1948. host: the president did talk about the horrors of a concentration camp. you can watch all of the president's events in cairo, egypt online. the president's news conference with german chancellor and also tomorrow, the events at normandy. the president's speech in cairo will read-share-air. joe is next. caller: good morning. i keep hearing -- first of, i think the president did the right thing. i think he delivered a very good speech. i am

they didn't say they wanted him because he denied the holocaust or belligerent to the economy. no, he said he would put dinner on the tables. the economy has one of the highest inflation rates in the world. high unemployment, high underemployment with young college graduates driving taxis and selling pizas. so this was a country that it is one of the few -- i argue probably the only major oil producer in the world whose population claims their economic circumstances got worse, even when oil was $150 a barrel. that is an achievement. oil prices quadruple and people say they're worse off than they were. given the fact he was elected to improve the state of the economy and profoundly mismanaged it. with regards to the most powerful idea in iran. i would argue he's more powerful than he's ever been in the 20-year tenure. if you look at all important and military institutions within iran, the office of the president, the parliament, revolutionary guards, all of the different biz an teen bodies -- byzantine bodies, they're elected by him or loyal to him. that being said, the office o

she also comments on wednesday's shooting at the holocaust museum here in washington. this is about 15 minutes. >> a good morning. yesterday, we were all deeply shaken by the news of the violent attack at the holocaust museum. it reminds us of the valiant work of the people who strive to protect us here, whether it is the tourists who visit, the press to cover it, the members of congress, the indices, the administration -- the embassies, the administration. they do so with great courage. the two who lost their lives on guarding the capital -- and now, stephen john's. later today, we will have a resolution on the floor to bring comfort to his family and to also talk about how despicable this act of violence was. it is really sad. earlier this week, we met with the president at the white house when he announced his pay-as- you-go initiative. it was with great excitement that we heard his statement. just as a little history, maybe even ancient history, before you were born history, in 1982 at the democratic midterm convention in philadelphia, congressman george miller int

denying holocaust and belligerent toward israel. think while you are right the most powerful individual will remain the main leader, the president is actually an important office. host: how much influence does homminy have on putting influence on the ballot. guest: all the influence. he can control who is allowed to run for president in iran. the guardian council, the equivalent of the superdelegates. the individuals who are directly appointed by momminy or indirectly appointed. the four entities of the guardian council is tasked with filtering candidates. only candidates that are considered loyal to revolutionary ideas are allowed to run. this time only four individuals were allowed to run. thinking about this in a domestic, american, political context, this would be like an american election where between david duke -- david duke would be the furthest right candidate. and the furthest left would be bob dole. essentially, a narrow scope of the iranian political strata. host: given this relationship, this leads to a tweet that write

has four human misery, chairman would not have pointed only to the holocaust but also the terrible conditions of the jewish survivors still living in the prison camps after the war. soon after truman became president a former u.s. commissioner of immigration and now the dean of the university of pennsylvania law school concluded the jewish people living in conditions similar to those they experienced in the nazi concentration camps "only now we do not kill them" end quote. parker reading about the situation made him sick. he supported the conclusion 100 survivors in the camps be allowed to go to palestine and he pressed the british to have the mandatory 100,000 troops stationed to let them and. their british refusal to do this set off a chain of events which eventually landed the problem of palestine at the doorstep of the new united nations. the second theory about truman's motivation was they were purely political he did it for jewish votes and contributions as was the explanation put forth almost immediately by the u.s. state department and foreign office and by later by a political scient

went in a judge has been crist -- ahmadinjejad has been criticized for what he has said about the holocaust. mousavi has said that he will be open for talks with obama. he underlined that if this is a talk based on mutual respect -- it is a time for change with no more holocaust beaches. host: that was iranian bureau chief parisa hafezi. >> every weekend, the latest nonfiction books and authors on book tv. saturday on "after words." -- sunday, joel rosenberg takes you inside the revolution, how the followers of jihadi, jefferson, and jesus are battling to dominate the middle east and transform the world. what is next for the economy? stephen moore, arthur laffer on taxes and preston herrity. and shari olafson on the housing crunch and where it is headed. >> the government funding of college, direct aid to colleges, and students really is from the 1950's, 1960's thing, but it has grown rapidly since then. >> hillsdale college has never accepted government funding. >> title 4 of the education act is 400 pages long. we have a lawyer here in town who tries to keep the government from giving us

since the holocaust, a constant phrase in the united states is never again. many presidents have let genocides happen over and over. whether cambodia or rwanda. what does never again mean to you as a u.s. president, especially given the fact that genocide is going on right now in our four. there are accusations of genocide in short baca. -- genocide is going on right now in darfur and in sri lanka. does germany have an extra obligation to take action to prevent genocide in other parts of the world? >> with respect to the confidence-building measures or next steps, again, i will be bringing george mitchell back into the region. he will meet with the parties involved. i think i have said publicly and repeated in the speech some things that are going to have to be done. a lot of the tension has been given to my statement that the israelis need to stop settlement construction. i recognize that it has received a lot of attention in israel as well. keep in mind that all i have done there is reaffirming commitments that the israelis themselves have already made. i r

, or the issues, and there may be a backlash like from the person at the holocaust museum? >> obviously, for both the president and everyone who was there, this was a powerful reminder of the horrors that we saw not too long ago. but without having a conversation with law enforcement, and the circumstances about what happened, i would hate to connect any thing. >> is there a candidate in the elections in iran that are most conducive to engagement? and how does the white house interpret the outburst of campaigning to the elections? >> the president, he obviously believes that the fair elections and the task of democracy in choosing your own governments is tremendously important, this is not just that, this is how they react. there was an increase in activity and the turnout, related to the elections, we will wait and see what happens. >> as the president have anything to say about the closing of the clinic run by george tiller? >> i do not know. >> newt gingrich says the media has to pretend that joe biden knows what he is doing? >> should i speak on behalf of the elite medi

i have a friend who's a jew, who wrote a book called "denying the holocaust," she wrote it about 15 years or so ago and before she had finished writing it, she got a call from a television producers saying, we know you're writing a book called denying the holocaust, could you be on our show. well, she was astonished. this was a serious book. it's not the kind of book that television producers want to have, an i'd forgotten what show it was, i don't remember if you remember geraldo riverra's daytime talk show. it was a a show like that. she said yes, i'll appear and they said fine. you understand for the sake of fairness, we're going to have a home cast denier on the program with you. and she said fairness. fairness isn't one person tells the truth and one person tells a lie. fairness is one person thinks this is the reason this happened, and one earn person thinks this is the reason this happened. so i think that's what's happening to journalism today, which is something different from the deliberate perpetration of frauds for reasons of laziness or circulation gain or whatever they might

regarding the issue of the holocaust, it is so interesting. in saudi arabia, how is the relation with saudi arabia had during mr. mousavi's time? i don't want to mention what happened during, at this time and what happened at the airport. the only thing i want to say is our ties were severed. he performed in a way that ties were severed for coats zetia arabia got totally severed, and i am amazed. he is worried about saudi arabia. he was writing articles and using harsh criticisms. some of our friends, who are now working in the electoral campaign committee, they never believed in such things. regarding the occupied palestine, he assumes that we should remember his own stances in the past. so, mr. mousavi had exclusively announced we would send military forces to go stand alongside the palestinian resistance group to fight against the occupiers and so mousavi announced the zionist regime must be wiped out. but mr. mousavi, we are not going to talk about tactics. we will go the wrong way. the general diplomacy today is the most of advanced and s

this has been a surprise to some holocaust scholars to have frances perkins name emmert but his papers, anti-roe daily letters come to his parents in boston, the letters are at the massachusetts historical society. they talk about what she did to try to bring jewish and labor leaders and intellectuals to the united states but specifically, at one point you wanted, she sent him to the ilo to represent the united states in the 1930's. the international level-- laborer organization and he asked her aren't you worried about me going? you are sending me to the middle of europe. i am jewish. and she said, don't be ridiculous. of course i am sending you. you are our best person. >> what reaction she may have had-- i will start again. i would like to ask what reaction frances perkins may have had in 1947 with the passage of the taft hartley act. i am sure she was displeased with that but did she react publicly or simply say it is all in a day's work and let it go? >> she was very concerned about the passage of the national labor relations act for just that reason. it is interesting because she

it helped people throughout the great depression, world war ii and the holocaust. hillel was organized, adopted a new mission statement and became the organization we recognize today. for 85 years hillel has supported jewish expression and helped to break discriminatory barriers. its mission is to enrich the lives of jewish undergraduate and graduate students so that they may enrich the jewish people around around the world -- and around the world. provides grants, educational peer-organized trips and jewish content. it also educates non-jewish students to help break down religious and cultural barriers. hillel is open to any interested college student. today, hillel foundations are found in israel, south america and the former soviet republics. affiliated organizations are found in australia, canada and great britain. hillel students around the world connect jewish people and understand jewish life. over 600 hillel professionals are at work around the world engaging jewish students. by engaging jewish students and promoting understanding of non-jewish students, hi

the state of israel was established in 1948 by british mandate after the holocaust of world war ii. the jewish people lay claim to this area since biblical times. the establishment of the jewish state of israel formalized the return of their homeland by an international agreement. both the united states and the u.n. including the soviet union, recognized the state of israel. the day after the jewish state was established in 1948, it was invaded by six surrounding arab nations. a negotiated cease fire ended hostility, with jerusalem being split in the middle between israel and jordan. in 1967, israel was once again invaded by syria from the north, jordan from the east and jirpt from the southwest. -- egypt from the southwest. israel expanded its border by including the golan heights that was controlled by syria, the west bank controlled by jordan and gaza controlled by egypt. some would have you believe that the establishment changed the borders of arab states in an agreement that existed for centuries. that is incorrect. the boundaries of the middle east countries were fixed by west

holocaust museum lost his life to aerson who was deranged but also was acting under hate. on february 12, 2008, lawrence king, a 15-year-old student, lost his life because he was gay. by a hate crime. on election night, we saw two men go on a killing spree against african-americans because america elected its first african-american president. in july of last year, four teenagers killed a mexican immigrant and used racial slurs making it clear it was a hate crime. since 2007, in 2007, there were 7,600 reported hate crimes in america, 150 in my state of maryland. so we need to do something about this. the trends have not been positive. they've been negative. latino, crimes against latinos s based on hate have increased. in 2007 we saw the highest number of hate crimes against lesbian, gays, bisexual and transgender, up 6%. the number of supremist groups have increased dramatically. there has been an increase in antisemetism between 2006 and 2007 and the list goes on and on and on. my point is this, madam president: we are seeing a troubling trend in america. with increased v

think that mahmoud ahmadinejad is the right choice because of his behavior and his denial of the holocaust. we have a few other candidates from the right and left who are better candidates for engagement. you have a former commander from the revolutionary guard and he sees himself as being on the right. he thinks of himself as being in the same camp as mahmoud ahmadinejad. he thinks that has wasted iran's position in the middle east. on allow, we have the former prime minister during the iran- iraq war. he is a unique figure in iran because he is seen as a revolutionary but also as a technocrat, as someone who is capable difficult times. he was not seen as a revolutionary, whereas the left and right see him -- he did not get along with ayatollah khamenei. because some have questions about his ability to become president, in 1989, when ayatollah khamenei became president, the role of the prime minister was completely eliminated. however, he has talked about a policy of reaching out and engage in the united states. you can say that this is part of his campaign rhetoric. he does have the back

the last week's tragic shooting at the holocaust memorial museum in washington reminded us of the ongoing serious problems with bias and hatred. the number of hate groups is growing. their positions are hardening. i think it will have to strengthen the hand of law enforcement to respond to these violent threats in crimes. an important issue regarding leadership conference's, they noted an increase in hate crimes in recent years. linked to the anti-immigrant rhetoric, this great country of ours, we will do everything we can to stop them. we have additional tools for prosecuting a crimes. we owe it to the memory of the murdered museum guard, and so many others. the you agree that this is a good tool for investigators and prosecutors? >> absolutely. if there was ever a doubt of the need for this legislation, it has been done away with by the events here in washington, d.c., kan., and arkansas. there have been a rise in hate crimes over the last few years much of it directed at latinos. 10 years ago i testified in favor of this bill, which i think is limited in scope and rational in what it w

know that that feature is against them may come at their present course on their terms, a nuclear holocaust. which will it be? that is the question of the debt. -- that is the question of the day. my request to you is to not underestimate the role you play in the outcome. international media are already the information artery, connecting different parts of the freedom movement in iran. that is why the regime has ominously warned media that only officially report -- officially approve reports to be dispatched of the country. having restricted the return path of media, they are also jamming electronic transmissions and restricting internet traffic into the country. but it is the third leg of communication from people the people, from one resistance cell with another, from leaders to supporters inside, of which the regime is most fearful. they cannot fight people who stand together. only an information blackout can isolate individuals so that they can be addressed separately. thus, -- so that they can be oppressed separately. thus, the outcome of the struggle will depend on your ability, the f

somebody that denies a holocaust, how can you engage somebody like that? the seasoned diplomats look at them and say that they cannot speak for them. what is this guy talking about? that is where you get a lot of emotional reactions from people who were genuinely upset about his tone and style. it is not that they won different objectives, he was on a good course. i think that if he becomes president, in terms of tone and style, you can have better engagement in terms of who he is. i think that part of his problem is that he looks better, but he cannot do much. >> if we can just get to the two quick questions in the back, i will ask each speaker to take the man and any closing thoughts. >> two things that were seen alive in the paper is the prediction that your point to have been very low voter turnout in this election and there is a likelihood that the current president will win. it is interesting what he pointed out, that this is highly unusual given the economic situation in iran, that you would end up with both of these things, low voter turnout and wi

how do think israel views the election in their memory of the holocaust? >> i do not know about the second part of the question, but in terms of -- as pointed out, i would assume the israelis look at the iranian situation and essentially see a weakened state, and therefore they are happy about that dynamic. they also see the possibility between the u.s. -- serious possibility -- more remote. again, i think that they see that as a plus for the israeli interest in the region beyond that, i think the israelis are also watching. trying to make sense of the direction of what is going on. at this point, i think it was a welcome addition to their understanding of what is going on in the middle east. i think their reaction was very similar to the reaction that emil described in their relationship to important parts of the arab world. >> let me ask you -- if you pause the general, produced legitimacy of the government and iran, what will be your estimate on the impact of hezbollah and hamas? somewhat put off by this? no difference at all so long as supplies and mon

after what happened at the holocaust museum, we may be seeing another phase of hate crimes, i know that he has been one of the greatest allies, and i know that he would agree on the need for more action. as the chairman of the senate judiciary committee, he will be presiding over the confirmation hearings of sonia sotomayor, who will be the first latina member of the supreme court. we will hear more about this when he takes the podium in a moment. we have established the subcommittee on human rights and this is a move that i strongly support and i hope will eliminate the artificial distinction between what we refer to as domestic civil rights. the first step is to [unintelligible] i will save this for another day. before coming here he was a state's attorney, and he was first elected to the senate in 1974 and he has the distinction of being the first democrat in the history of vermont to hold the office. he

he said the buchenwald camp is the ultimate rebuke for those who deny the holocaust. he will mark the 65th anniversary of the deep-day invasions' tomorrow. -- of the d-day invasions tomorrow. >> panels and offers on the economy, globalization and the merkel worker, homosexual rights, civil rights and so turner truths -- sojourner truth. later, stanley greenberg on advising bill clinton, tony blair, and nelson mandela. he is interviewed by mary matalin. and live on sunday, bill ayers. his latest book is "race course." for a complete schedule, go online to booktv.org. >> now a house hearing on state secrets. the chairman is co-author of legislation to make it harder for the state secrets privilege. this is about 90 minutes. >> the hearing will come to order. today's hearing will examine the state secrets privilege. the chart recognizes himself. the legislation that i have introduced with other members of the committee would codify a uniform standards with dealing with claims of the state secrets privilege in civil litigation. the last congress at an oversight hearing. o

the chief of israel's intelligence agency told a closed committee hearing that his reputation as a holocaust- denying troublemaker makes it easier to enlist international support against iran's nuclear program. a new leader will mousavi would have posed a more serious problem for israel's interests against iran. guest: some think it is to their advantage that ahmadinejad should be in power, but you must really be having a terrible view of the iranian people to think that they like the oppressive laws against women, that they like to be deprived of their rights to freedom of expression, free choice, and free religion. that they do not come into the streets against mr. ahmadinejad who has been the instrument of harassing, torturing, arresting, depriving not just iranian middle-class, women, or minorities, but also quelling route delete the demonstrations of transportation workers who were only asking for a raise. if you think that the iranian people are sort of motivated from outside you are really under estimating a nation that has achieved great pluralism and openness over 100 years ago. i h

are we supposed to be sitting and waiting, watching for the possibility of a new holocaust? who's going to take the responsibility to keep israel safe? i'll tell you why this really scares the hell out of me, because everything obama has recommended has turned out to be disastrous. this so-called stimulus package and his budget will leave our grandchildren with great burdens and great debts. the government is now owning car companies and banks. and we're losing job after job. our unemployment rate is in an astro nom mick 9.4, and of course, they send out joe biden, one of the great double talkers of our time to tell us the unemployment rate is getting better. the government wants to run health care and tell people what doctors they can see. how much they can make, what cars to drive. and they're killing off the entrepreneurs who are the backbone of our economy. it's no wonder that the russian newspaper pravda, the former house organ for the soviet communist regime recently said the american deskenlt into markism is happening with breathtaking speed. we can blame nancy pelosi

. >> i will be very brief the holocaust is another issue -- and then again you know that international organizations and security council [inaudible] what happened when i watched like couldn't believe our presidential be treated in this manner because he is the symbol of our country and i will later talk about the prestige and the dignity of the iranian nation and then they announced it, was it a resolution and then the relationship between europe and israel deteriorated because of gauze

tirntse -- tyrants 0 who know the future is against them may end things on their course, a nuclear holocaust. but which will it be? that is the question of the day. my message to you is do not underestimate the role you play in the outcome. international media are already the information artery connecting different parts of the freedom movement in iran. that is why the o'ree jeem has ominously warned media that only officially approved reports can be dispatched out of the country. having restricted the return path of media, they are also jamming electronic transmissions and restricting internet traffic into the country. but it is the third leg of communication from people to people, from one resistance cell with another, from leaders to supporters inside of which the regime is most fearful. they can in the fight people who stand together. only and information blackout can isolate individuals so that they can be oppressed separately. thus, the outcome of the struggle would depend on your ability, the free media, to fight their blackouts with the light of information. your second contribution

you look at the holocaust, what would have happened if we said, turned the page and forget about it. >> do you have any people working for reporting from iran in any way? panama we do report on iran. we have done work on the limited access oft ns we do quite a bit of reporting on that. i welcome you to look at our web page. >> i like to close within up be questioned. when investigating human rights violations, have you ever observed humanitarian acts by the parties involved? >> yes, absolutely. i was in iraq, standing in a hospital. we had gone in because we had information that there were some iraqis that had been injured by air strikes in the war in 2003. i must have been there in june of 2003. we are standing there with the head of the hospital, just at

last week's tragic shooting at the holocaust museum in washington reminded us of the ongoing serious problem of violence and hatred. certainly the reports i receive both in open sources and classified areas shows that the number of hate groups is growing and their positions are hardening. i think we have to strengthen the hand of law-enforcement against these threats and crimes. we noticed an increase in hate crimes over the recent years. this great country of ours -- we should do everything we can to stop them. the hate crimes of one act of two dozen 9 -- of 2009 -- it is long overdue. we mentioned officers as an example. do you agree that this hate crimes prevention act is a good tool for investigators and prosecutors? >> absolutely. if there was ever a doubt about the need for this legislation, i think that has been done away with by the events we have seen in our nation here in washington, d.c., in kansas, and arkansas as well. if you look at the statistics, there has been a rise in hate crimes over the last few years. i am troubled by the amount of hate crime violence directed a

people were persecuted for centuries and anti-semitism in europe culminated in an unprecedented holocaust. tomorrow i will visit buchnenwald, which is part of a network of camp's were jewish were enslaved, tortured, shot and guest to death by the third reich. 6 million were killed. more than the entire jewish population of israel today. denying that fact is baseless, it is ignorant and it is hateful. threatening israel with destruction or repeating stereotypes about jews is deeply wrong and only served to evoke in the minds of israelis this most painful memories while preventing the peace that the people of this region deserve. on the other hand, it is also undeniable that the palestinian people, muslims and christians, have suffered in pursuit of a homeland. for more than 60 years, they have endured the pain of this location. many wait in a refugee camps in the west bank, gaza in neighboring lands for a life of peace and security that they have never been able to lead. the endure the daily humiliations, large and small, that come with occupation. so, let there be no doubt, the situation

last week's tragic events at the holocaust museum, together with other recent incidents made all too clear that the violence motivated by hatred brains a serious problem. across the political spectrum, we have once again introduced a bill to take important steps against hate based violence. it is crafted so that only those who engage in rural violence would be prosecuted. i know you have supported this. i know that the president has. you have taken steps towards insuring a much improved freedom of information act. we have worked on this for years and i hope that the direction will continue. i have thrown out a whole lot of things. i was waiting for senator sessions to come back, he is here, i will post by statement to the record. senator sessions? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate the opportunity to discuss the details of his confirmation hearings for judge sotomayor. attorney general holder, i am glad you're here today, as we discussed this department of justice role in protecting the rule of law and protecting national security. it must be free from ideological excess. i hav

people were persecuted for centuries and anti-semitism in europe culminated in an unprecedented holocaust. tomorrow i will visit one place which is part of a network of camps where jews were enslaved, tortured, shot, and gassed to death by the third rise. 6 million jews were killed. more than the entire jewish population of israel today. denying that fact is baseless, ignored, and hateful. threatening israel with destruction or repeating by lead stereotypes about the jews is deeply wrong and only serves to invoke in the minds of israelis this most painful of memories while preventing the peace that the people of this region deserve. on the other hand, it is also undeniable that the palestinian people, most loans and christians, have suffered in pursuit of a homeland. -- muslims and christians have suffered in pursuit of a homeland. many have experienced being displaced. they are trying to have a life of peace and security that they have not been able to lead. they endure the daily humiliations large and small that come with occupation. let there be no doubt, the situation for the palestin