Tom Tancredo: “as I sit and listen to my colleagues discuss the events in Haiti, I cannot help but think about the fact that although…”

“as I sit and listen to my colleagues discuss the events in Haiti, I cannot help but think about the fact that although they are quite concerned about the recent events and that Mr. Aristide has been ousted, it is important I think for us all to recognize that it is the people of Haiti that ousted Mr. Aristide; and whether our colleagues in the House of Representatives do not like that or not, it is really irrelevant. He was, in fact, a socialist and rather incompetent administrator; and it is not surprising that his regime came to an end. At any rate, let me pose a question, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, would you believe that in the textbook in a school district in New Mexico, an introduction to that textbook which is, by the way, called '500 Years of Chicano History In Pictures,' states that, and remember, this is a textbook in a public school in the United States of America, specifically now in New Mexico. And this is not a question being posed. What I am going to read here is not what somebody just suggests. {time} 1945 This is what the textbook purports to be true. It said that this textbook was written 'in response to the bicentennial celebration of the 1776 American Revolution.' You think good, nice idea, 'and it's lies.' Its stated purpose is to 'celebrate our resistance.' Who are they talking to here? Celebrate our resistance to being colonized and absorbed by racist empire builders?…”