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Dan Burton: First of all, the Saudis don't need our money. They are one of the biggest oil producers in the world. And so why are we…

On the recordJune 9, 2006
First of all, the Saudis don't need our money. They are one of the biggest oil producers in the world. And so why are we giving them $400,000 or $500,000 or a million, or whatever it happens to be? I understand this is symbolic, but the fact of the matter is we want to send a message today to the Saudis. And the message is that we don't want them supporting Wahabism, which teaches hatred and teaches people to want to hate to the degree they would kill Christians and Jews and anybody that doesn't agree with them. They are not only giving money to teach Wahabism in Saudi Arabia, but they are doing it in countries around the world. They are doing it in Canada, where 17 people were just captured the other day from a mosque up there that was teaching Wahabism and who were going to behead the Prime Minister of Canada. Now, they should be very careful about where they are spending their money. And the way to let them know that is not to give them any of our money, which they don't need anyhow. They are also giving money to terrorist organizations like Hamas, and they are giving money to the families of people who blow themselves up, killing innocent women and children. The Saudis should be responsible in using their money and teaching brotherly love and human rights and dignity of man instead of teaching Wahabism, which teaches just the opposite, hatred, murder, killing of people who don't agree with them and trying to spread in a prolific way the hatred of Wahabism.…
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