ZGram - 5/27/2002 - "Did he really say 'pork'"? -

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ZGRAM - WHERE TRUTH IS DESTINY

MAY 27, 2002

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Free Republic

May 24, 2002

Callahan Calls Emergency Israel Aid Pork; Leads Effort to Block Funds

Washington, DC: Representative Sonny Callahan (R-AL), a past chairman 
of the Foreign Operations Subcommittee of the House Appropriations 
Committee, pledged yesterday to lead an effort today to strike $200 
million in emergency assistance to Israel and $50 million in 
Palestinian humanitarian aid from the House supplemental 
appropriations bill. Rep. Callahan made the comments yesterday on the 
House floor.

Focusing on Israel, the Congressional Record reports that he said, "I 
am going to offer amendments as we go through the bill to strike all 
of the aid to Israel that was included here

*	without any request from Israel,
*	without any request from the administration,
*	without any requests from anybody.

"But someone within this Beltway decided since we were going to have 
a supplemental bill, they were going to get some pork in it for 
Israel."

"Leading an effort to strike emergency aid for Israel at a time of 
crisis like this is problematic enough, but referring to bipartisan 
support of the Jewish state as 'pork' is singularly inappropriate," 
said Ira N. Forman, Executive Director of the National Jewish 
Democratic Council. "Now is the time for all legislators, Democrats 
and Republicans alike, to come together and stand in solidarity with 
Israel at this difficult time.

"Indeed, when it comes to assistance for Israel, there is a minority 
in each party that opposes certain foreign aid. But Mr. Callahan is 
hardly a back-bencher; as the former Chairman of the Foreign 
Operations Subcommittee, he is seen by many in the GOP as a deeply 
knowledgeable source of information. Because of Mr. Callahan's 
leadership status on this issue, I would hope that Rep. Tom DeLay and 
other leaders within the Republican Party would have a heart-to-heart 
talk with Mr. Callahan about what he has to say about aid to a close 
American ally in her hour of need."

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http://www.fpp.co.uk/online/02/05/Israel/Pork.html

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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:


"The whining by the supporters of Israel is counter-productive. More 
than they know see it for what it is."

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