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Amory Houghton: “I feel very uncomfortable supporting this measure. I do not know whether the actions of the German Government in…”

On the recordNovember 9, 1997
I feel very uncomfortable supporting this measure. I do not know whether the actions of the German Government in relationship to the Church of Scientology are right or wrong. I have a sense, and this is probably presumptuous for me to say, had I been given the decision to make, I might have made it a little differently. But that is not the issue. The issue is whether we do not look just a bit pompous sitting back here with all our many moral problems in this country, to pass judgment on a nation, our friend, which is wrestling with something which we ourselves and other nations of this world are wrestling with. This is not a Martin Niemoller issue. Please let us withhold judgment. I would not support this measure.
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Amory Houghton
Republican · New York
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Expressing discomfort with a measure regarding the German Government and the Church of Scientology.

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