Tom Lantos: “Mr. Speaker, just to conclude, let me say no one in this House is more committed to the first amendment than I am. As…”

“Mr. Speaker, just to conclude, let me say no one in this House is more committed to the first amendment than I am. As the only Member of Congress who lived under both a Fascist and a Communist police state, I treasure free speech beyond all. No one here attempts to deny the right of anyone to speak freely, but no one should deny the right of this body to condemn a speech of hatred and incitement to mass murder. That is what this body will do. That is what the other body did unanimously. We shall do no less.”