Tom Lantos: “our deeply respected and beloved chaplain a few moments ago started out his prayer with these words: ``There are times…”

“our deeply respected and beloved chaplain a few moments ago started out his prayer with these words: ``There are times when it seems our world is filled with the demons of violence and chaos.'' This is one of those times. As the only survivor of the Holocaust ever elected to the Congress of the United States, I know I speak for all of my colleagues, Republicans and Democrats, in expressing our outrage at the most recent terrorist attack against children, women and old people, all civilians, in the streets of Israel. The distinguished Republican chairman of the Committee on International Relations, the gentleman from New York [Mr. Gilman], and I are introducing a resolution denouncing this most recent outrage, calling on Yasser Arafat to pulverize the infrastructure of the terrorists and calling on the President of the United States to make our antiterrorist assets available to achieve that goal. I ask all of my colleagues to join me in this resolution.”