Tom Lantos: “I fully concur with all previous statements made concerning Saddam Hussein and his despicable regime. It is remarkable…”

“I fully concur with all previous statements made concerning Saddam Hussein and his despicable regime. It is remarkable, Mr. Speaker, that even at this late date there are apologies for Saddam Hussein and his brutal and cruel regime in the West. There are countries that can hardly wait to renew on a large scale their lucrative business deals with Iraq, despite the fact that the Saddam Hussein regime has been attempting to conceal, hide, obfuscate its continuing development of weapons of mass destruction. Later this afternoon, this body will have an opportunity of dealing with a resolution that expresses the view of the House that if peaceful and diplomatic measures do not succeed, military action, preferably on a multinational scale, be undertaken to eliminate Hussein's chemical, biological, nuclear and missile capability. But while that is a military issue, this is a human rights issue.”