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THE GUILT-FREE RECORD OF was his Christian godson. But survival car- Bush,’’ The Washington Post, November 11,
GEORGE SOROS ried a heavy price tag. While hundreds of 2003).
thousands of Hungarian Jews were being Soros Is the Primary Financier of Left-
shipped off to the death camps, George Soros Wing Causes. Tax records of Soros’ Open So-
HON. MARK E. SOUDER accompanied his phony godfather on his ap- ciety Institute show contributions of: $4.41
OF INDIANA pointed rounds, confiscating property from million to the American Civil Liberties
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the Jews. Union and its state affiliates; $500,000 to the
(Vintage footage of Jews walking in line; Pro-Choice Education Project to launch a
Thursday, September 28, 2006 man dragging little boy in line) (pro-abortion rights) ‘‘public education and
KROFT: (Voiceover) These are pictures media strategy;’’ $100,000 to Catholics for a
Mr. SOUDER. Mr. Speaker, George Soros
from 1944 of what happened to George Soros’ Free Choice, an allegedly Catholic group
is one of the most controversial figures in that advocates for abortion rights; $100,000 to
friends and neighbors.
American politics, and I think it is important for (Vintage footage of women and men with the Death Penalty Information Center, an
American families to focus on what George bags over their shoulders walking; crowd by organization that works against capital pun-
Soros has said about himself, what George a train) ishment; $100,000 to the Pennsylvania Coali-
Soros has said about his objectives, and KROFT: (Voiceover) You’re a Hungarian tion to Save Lives Now ‘‘to support needle
where George Soros has spent his money to Jew . . . exchange programs,’’ $80,000 over three years
influence public opinion. Supreme Court Jus- Mr. SOROS: (Voiceover) Mm-hmm. to the Gay Straight Alliance Network, to
KROFT: (Voiceover) . . . who escaped the promote ‘‘a traveling photo documentary ex-
tice Louis D. Brandeis once wrote that ‘‘the hibit by lesbian, gay, transgender, queer and
Holocaust . . .
best disinfectant is sunshine,’’ and it is in that (Vintage footage of women walking by questioning youth;’’ $35,000 to the Abortion
spirit that I submit ‘‘The Guilt-Free Record of train) Access Project. (Jeff Johnson, ‘‘George
George Soros’’ to be printed in the CONGRES- Mr. SOROS: (Voiceover) Mm-hmm. Soros’’ $30M Welfare Check,’’ CNSNews.com,
SIONAL RECORD. (Vintage footage of people getting on April 26, 2005).
train) The Soros Prostitution Agenda. Open Soci-
THE GUILT-FREE RECORD OF GEORGE SOROS
KROFT: (Voiceover) . . . by—by posing as ety Institute (OSI), a foundation funded and
‘‘I am basically there to—to make money. a Christian. controlled by George Soros, sued the United
I cannot and do not look at the social con- Mr. SOROS: (Voiceover) Right. States Agency for International Develop-
sequences of—of what I do.’’ George Soros, (Vintage footage of women helping each ment (USAID) ‘‘over requirement that re-
commenting on being blamed for the finan- other get on train; train door closing with cipients of federal AIDS grants pledge to op-
cial collapse of Thailand, Malaysia, Indo- people in boxcar) pose prostitution. The group would be the
nesia, Japan and Russia. ‘‘He can move world KROFT: (Voiceover) And you watched lots second charity to challenge the policy, which
financial markets simply by voicing an opin- of people get shipped off to the death camps. AIDS activists say stigmatizes prostitutes
ion or destabilize a government by buying Mr. SOROS: Right. I was 14 years old. And and makes it harder to fight the disease.’’ In
and selling its currency . . . [W]hen he saw I would say that that’s when my character June 2006, Open Society Institute published a
cracks in the Asia boom, he began selling the was made. study entitled ‘‘Sex Workers Health and
currency in Thailand. Traders in Hong Kong KROFT: In what way? Rights: Where is the Funding?’’ The report
followed suit, triggering a financial crisis Mr. SOROS: That one should think ahead. highlighted the role of OSI and various Soros
that plunged much of Asia into a depression. One should understand and—and anticipate foundations, in financing ‘‘a large number of
(‘‘George Soros,’’ 60 Minutes interview tran- events and when—when one is threatened. It sex workers organizations’’ and attacked the
script, December 20, 1998) was a tremendous threat of evil. I mean, it Bush Administration policy for refusing to
‘‘I don’t feel guilty. Because I’m engaged in was a—a very personal experience of evil. fund such groups. OSI received at least $30
an amoral activity which is not meant to KROFT: My understanding is that you million between 1998 and 2003 from the fed-
have anything to do with guilt.’’ George went out with this protector of yours who eral government, mostly from the State De-
Soros, commenting on his actions in the cur- swore that you were his adopted godson. partment. (Wall Street Journal, September
rency markets. (‘‘George Soros,’’ 60 Minutes Mr. SOROS: Yes. Yes. 23, 2005; Open Society Institute webpages,
interview transcript, December 20, 1998) KROFT: Went out, in fact, and helped in http://www.soros.org/initiatives/health/focus/
Soros Convicted of Insider-Trading, Or- the confiscation of property from the Jews. sharp/news/usaidl20050923,: http://
dered to Pay $2.8 million. ‘‘George Soros’s Mr. SOROS: Yes. That’s right. Yes. www.soros.org/initiatives/health/focus/sharp/
bid to overturn an insider-trading conviction KROFT: I mean, that’s—that sounds like articleslpublications/publications
has been rejected by France’s highest ap- an experience that would send lots of people wherel20060719/where.pdf
peals court, ending the billionaire’s fight to to the psychiatric couch for many, many Soros Called the War on Drugs a ‘‘Fan-
erase a legal stain on his 40-year investing years. Was it difficult? tasy’’ and More Harmful Than Drugs Them-
career. The Court of Cassation, the tribunal Mr. SOROS: Not—not at all. Not at all. selves. ‘‘Tilting the balance against the drug
of last resort in France, ended its review of Maybe as a child you don’t—you don’t see warriors side is a short piece by Howard
a March 2005 judgment that Soros broke in- the connection. But it was—it created no— Fineman on the activities of George Soros.
sider-trading laws when he bought Societe no problem at all. The billionaire financier, who calls the drug
Generale SA shares in 1988 with the knowl- KROFT: No feeling of guilt? war ‘a fantasy’ and says it does more harm
edge that the bank might be a takeover tar- Mr. SOROS: No. to America than drugs themselves, has spent
get. Soros had been ordered to pay back 2.2 KROFT: For example that, ‘‘I’m Jewish big money pushing his position that we
million euros ($2.8 million) in gains.’’ and here I am, watching these people go. I should treat drug abuse as a medical prob-
(Gabriele Parussini, ‘‘Soros Insider-Trading could just as easily be there. I should be lem, not a criminal one.’’ (Bill Steigerwald,
Conviction Upheld by Paris Appeals Court,’’ there.’’ None of that? ‘‘Newsweek Wants A Drug Debate,’’ Pitts-
Bloomberg, June 14, 2006) Mr. SOROS: Well, of course I c—I could be burgh Post-Gazette, January 30, 1997).
Soros: ‘‘No Sense of Guilt’’ for Confis- on the other side or I could be the one from Soros is Major Financier Behind Drug Le-
cating Property from Jews in Nazi-occupied whom the thing is being taken away. But galization Groups. In 1994, Soros pledged $4
Budapest. ‘‘But there was no sense that I there was no sense that I shouldn’t be there, million over five years to the Lindesmith
shouldn’t be there, because that was—well, because that was—well, actually, in a funny Center, a pro-marijuana legalization think-
actually, in a funny way, it’s just like in way, it’s just like in markets—that if I tank that merged with the Drug Policy
markets—that if I weren’t there—of course, I weren’t there—of course, I wasn’t doing it, Foundation to form the Drug Policy Alli-
wasn’t doing it, but somebody else would but somebody else would—would—would be ance, which supports legalization of mari-
. . . be taking it away anyhow . . . whether taking it away anyhow. And it was the— juana for ‘‘medical’’ purposes, repealing
I was there or not, I was only a spectator, whether I was there or not, I was only a spec- mandatory minimum sentences for drug of-
the property was being taken away. So the— tator, the property was being taken away. So fenses, ending imprisonment for drug posses-
I had no role in taking away that property. the—I had no role in taking away that prop- sion. (Neil Hrab, ‘‘George Soros’ Social Agen-
So I had no sense of guilt.’’ (‘‘George Soros,’’ erty. So I had no sense of guilt.’’ (‘‘George da for America,’’ Capital Research Center’s
60 Minutes interview transcript, December Soros,’’ 60 Minutes interview transcript, De- Foundation Watch, http://
20, 1998) cember 20, 1998). www.capitalresearch.org/pubs/pdf/
Extended quotation from the 60 Minutes Soros Said That President Bush’s State- x3770435801.pdf)
transcript follows: ‘‘When the Nazis occupied ments Remind Him of Nazi Slogans. ‘‘ ‘When Soros Heavily Financed Drug Legalization
Budapest in 1944, George Soros’ father was a I hear Bush say, ‘You’re either with us or Efforts For Marijuana. ‘‘And the award for
successful lawyer. He lived on an island in against us,’ it reminds me of the Germans.’ best supporting role goes to billionaire
the Danube and liked to commute to work in It conjures up memories, he said, of Nazi slo- George Soros, the Daddy Warbucks of drug
a rowboat. But knowing there were problems gans on the walls, Der Feind Hort mit (‘The legalization. He doesn’t reside in either state
ahead for the Jews, he decided to split his enemy is listening’). ‘My experiences under [Arizona or California], but he bankrolled
family up. He bought them forged papers and Nazi and Soviet rule have sensitized me,’ he both efforts. . . . Most money used to buy
he bribed a government official to take 14- said in a soft Hungarian accent.’ ’’ (Laura misleading TV ads for both referenda came
year-old George Soros in and swear that he Blumenfeld, ‘‘Soros’s Deep Pockets vs. from out of state. In Arizona, as of the most

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recent reporting date (May 31), of $300,490 Stewart was the attorney who represented recovery. I have long argued that we must
contributed to support Prop. 200, only $490 the blind sheik who was involved in the first take a balanced approach to salmon recovery
came from in state. The remaining $300,000 bombing of the World Trade Centers and was that recognizes the many factors that influence
came from out of state, $200,000 of it from later convicted for aiding and abetting his their life cycle. This includes the so-called
the Drug Policy Foundation—a pet charity activities while in prison.’’ (Peter Flaherty
of George Soros’—and the other $100,000 of the National Legal and Policy Center,
‘‘four Hs’’—hydropower, hatcheries, harvest,
came directly from Soros himself.’’ (Joseph O’Reilly Factor, May 20, 2005, relying on and habitat—as well as things like ocean con-
A. Califano Jr., ‘‘Pro-Drug Campaigns’ Hid- Open Society Institute IRS Form 990 filings. ditions and the high level of predation by cer-
den Agenda,’’ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, De- Byron York, ‘‘Soros Funded Stewart De- tain birds and marine mammals. This legisla-
cember 22, 1996) fense,’’ National Review, February 17, 2005.) tion is about addressing the latter problem.
Soros Helped Finance a Pro-Marijuana Soros Attacks ‘‘War on Terror,’’ Compares We have witnessed dramatic increases in
Children’s Book. ‘‘Dr. Robert Newman, Bush Administration to Nazis. Soros told an the number of California sea lions over the
served on the Board of Directors for the Drug audience at the Carnegie Endowment for past few decades. In fact, their numbers have
Policy Foundation as early as 1997, and pres- International Peace, ‘‘We are working with a
ently serves on the board of directors with
grown six-fold to nearly 300,000 coast wide.
very false frame when we talk about a ‘war While these animals have always been
another minority witness, Rev. Edwin Sand- on terror,’ and yet it is universally accept-
ers, of the Drug Policy Alliance (the new present in and around the Columbia River, we
ed.’’ He added, ‘‘President Bush is exploiting
name of the Drug Policy Foundation since it even further ahead of these elections . . .
have seen them appear in growing numbers in
its merger with the aforementioned I would voice my concerns about the similar- recent years—especially during the peak of
Lindesmith Center). The Drug Policy Alli- ities between this administration and the the spring salmon run. A few years ago, just
ance describes itself as ‘‘the nation’s leading Nazis and communist regimes.’’ (Monisha a few sea lions were witnessed in the tailrace
organization working to end the war on Bansal, ‘‘Soros Slams Terror ’War,’ Com- below Bonneville dam, where the salmon tend
drugs.’’ Along with its major donor George pares White House to Nazis,’’ CNSNews.com, to gather before entering the fish ladders.
Soros, it helped produce It’s Just a Plant, a September 15, 2006.)
promarijuana children’s book. I will be very Now, it is becoming the norm to see nearly
Soros To Encourage a U.S./Europe Split. 100 of them. Recent estimates by the Army
interested in learning from the witnesses ‘‘Soros, the Hungarian-American financier
today what they believe U.S. Government Corps of Engineers indicate that California sea
who has historically invested his billions in
policy should be with respect to financing encouraging democracy in eastern block
lions are responsible for eating more than
heroin distribution, safe-injection facilities,
countries, is turning his attention to West- three percent of the run as observed at Bon-
and how-to manuals like H Is For Heroin, neville dam. This does not include the num-
ern Europe because he thinks the EU is fail-
published by the Harm Reduction Coalition, bers of salmon eaten elsewhere in the lower
ing. Soros is to invest hundreds of millions
and children’s books on smoking marijuana, Columbia River by sea lions.
of dollars in foundations, the first of which
produced with the help of the organization
will be either in London or Paris.’’ Soros: Despite efforts by federal, state, and tribal
run by two of the minority’s witnesses
‘‘The practical message for Europeans is that officials to discourage the sea lion predation
today.’’ (Mark Souder, opening statement,
the world really needs a strong European through aggressive nonlethal hazing, the sea
‘‘Harm Reduction or Harm Maintenance: Is
Union with a mission which is different to lions appear to becoming more brazen with
There Such a Thing as Safe Drug Abuse?’’,
America’s priorities.’’ (Rupert Stein, ‘‘Soros
hearing before the Subcommittee on Crimi- each passing year. It is clear that lethal re-
lays foundations to restore EU purpose,’’ The
nal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Re-
Scotsman, July 15, 2006.)
moval of some of the worst actors is nec-
sources, February 16, 2005, http:// essary to deter this sea lion behavior and to
www.dpna.org/resources/current/02–16– f
help recoup more of our substantial invest-
5c.htm; http://www.justaplant.com) ment in salmon recovery.
Soros and Two Friends give $450,000 to INTRODUCTION OF THE ENDAN-
GERED SALMON PREDATION Similar conflicts between protected marine
‘‘take apart [California’s] criminal justice
system one step at a time.’’ ‘‘International PREVENTION ACT mammals and ESA-listed fish have occurred
financier George Soros and two other in the Northwest before. In fact, the Marine
Mammal Protection Act was amended in 1994
wealthy donors have contributed a total of
$450,000 for a November ballot measure that
HON. DOC HASTINGS to address the problem of California sea lions
OF WASHINGTON
would alter California’s tough three strikes eating returning winter steelhead at the Ballard
sentencing law . . . The donation marks the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Locks in Seattle. The process established by
third time that this trio has backed criminal Thursday, September 28, 2006 that amendment allows states to apply to the
justice measures in California. In 1996, the Commerce Department for legal authority to
three gave money to pass Proposition 215, Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Mr. Speak-
remove marine mammals under certain condi-
which sought to legalize marijuana for med- er, today I am introducing legislation that pro-
ical uses. In 2000, they supported the success- tions. However, in practice, the application
vides an expedited process for the States of
ful Proposition 36, which diverts drug offend- process takes 3 to 5 years to come to a con-
Washington and Oregon and the four Colum-
ers from prison to treatment.’’ (Bill clusion.
bia River treaty tribes to manage aggressive The Endangered Salmon Predation Preven-
Ainsworth, ‘‘$450,000 to help try to weaken
law,’’ San Diego Union-Tribune, September
California sea lion predation of endangered tion Act, which I am introducing today, would
14, 2004.) salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River. provide expedited authority for states and
Soros Effort To Infiltrate the U.S. Con- This bill is the result of months of collaboration tribes to manage the sea lion problem while
servative Movement. ‘‘The scheduled Friday with my colleague from Washington, Mr. the states concurrently apply for longer-term
CPAC event on ‘‘A Conservative Drug Pol- BAIRD, and I thank him and his staff for their
icy’’ was to feature a mini-debate between
authority through the established process.
diligent efforts in working with me to develop There are numerous protections in this pro-
Ethan Nadelmann of the Drug Policy Alli- this legislation.
ance (DPA) and Calvina Fay. The ‘‘moder- posal to ensure that only a limited number of
ator,’’ hardly unbiased, was scheduled to be
The Columbia River is the heart of our re- sea lions are removed. In addition, the permit
Rob Kampia of the Marijuana Policy Project gion, and runs right through my district in Cen- holders would have to determine that the sea
(MPP). The Soros Open Society Institute has tral Washington state. This river is critical for lion in question has preyed upon salmon
given the DPA millions of dollars, including power production, irrigation, transportation, stocks and has not been responsive to non-
$2.5 million in 2004 alone. MPP has been recreation, and fish and wildlife habitat. This lethal hazing methods. The proposal calls
funded by Soros as well as Peter Lewis, river is renowned for its salmon, which are an upon the Commerce Secretary to report to
chairman of the Progressive Corporation, important part of the regional economy and
who was arrested in New Zealand several
Congress on the need for amendments to the
way of life, and of great cultural significance to Marine Mammal Protection Act to address
years ago after customs officers found mari-
juana in his luggage. Lewis, who gave
the Native American people of the Pacific conflicts between protected marine mammals
$340,000 to MPP in 2004, is also a major Northwest. Unfortunately, at this time, we have and fish species that are listed under the En-
funder of the ACLU.’’ (Mark Souder, Con- a number of salmon and steelhead runs that dangered Species Act.
gressional Record, insertion in the record of are listed as threatened and endangered In addition to Mr. BAIRD, I am pleased to be
article by Cliff Kincaid, February 8, 2006, under the Endangered Species Act in our re- joined today upon introduction by Mr. WALDEN
http://reform.house.gov/CJDPHR/News/ gion. Many of these are in the Columbia River and Mr. DICKS. This proposal is a measured,
DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=39349) and its tributaries. common-sense response to the very real
Soros Support of Lynne Stewart, Lawyer
Our region is working diligently to restore problem of increasing California sea lion pre-
to Terrorists. ‘‘George Soros funds many
controversial projects, some extreme healthy salmon runs, and we have made great dation of threatened and endangered salmon,
projects. One quick example is the $20,000 progress over the last 10 years. We have in- and I hope my colleagues will allow us the op-
that went from his Open Society Institute to vested hundreds of millions of dollars each portunity to move this legislation expeditiously
the Lynne Stewart Legal Committee. Lynne year in direct spending in support of salmon before the end of the 109th Congress.

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