world not just to china anywhere wherever there's a violation of human rights he was there and i commend him for his efforts for all these years and i've been fairly privileged to work closely with him on these issues i recall mr speaker years ago mr m ela was accused by a former prime minister of of the great britain as a terrorist of course having served in prison for twenty nine years all he was trying to say that something is wrong in south africa they call it apartheid if that is in human rights violations i don't know what it is but the fact that these two people the lady and her children in this canadian citizen i think something that whether it's two or three or three million our government and this congress should give every attention to the needs of those people as far as human rights seven those in favor will say aye those opposed no the name of the chair two thirds being in the affirmative the rules are suspended in the resolution as agreed to it without objection the most to reconsider is laid upon the table gentleman from american samoa misspeak right move to suspend the rules and agree to the house resolution five one eight as amended the clerk will read the title how to title house resolution five eighteen resolution recognizing the fiftieth anniversary at the latest independent search of the rule the gentleman from american samoa mr phelim of a new and the gentleman from new jersey mr smith will each control twenty minutes the chair recognizes the gentleman from southeast asia malaysia has transformed itself into a confident country that attracts the attention of the world malaysia now boasts a booming economy that is deeply integrated into the world's economic system its  than kuala lumpur's dramatic modern skyline dominated by the patrollers twin towers which are currently the second largest buildings in the world and a concert reminder of malaysia's bright future significant political transformations have a comp dramatic economic development but malaysia's democracy remains incomplete as evidence by the fact of the same political party has held power for over fifty years the internal security act he used to lock up people without charge and defamation laws are used to silence critics of the government while malaysia's democratic transition is not fully complete it remains a democracy nonetheless and a strong ally of the united states misprision of the united states today counts malaysia as one of its most important partners in southeast asia malaysia works closely with the united states to combat terms of narcotics trafficking when it forward to continue work with the people of malaysia to bring peace stability and prosperity in this important region of the world and with this resolution we support malaysia's golden anniversary or its fiftieth year of independence it's a proud achievement for important friend and ally of the united states and i ask him to urge my colleagues who support this malaysian independence and this regard of like recognize representatives make to mr sessions for their longstanding interest in malaysia and in expanding economic political and people to people ties with that important southeast asian country this year malaysia celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of its independence from britain as well as the fiftieth anniversary of us malaysia diplomatic relations but as he has earned the reputation of being a moderate majority muslim democratic state and i integrated itself into the world economy while maintaining a multi faith multi ethnic society while recognizing malaysia's achievements in regional as well as global influence however it's important to note several areas of concern both malaysia's people and the international community malaysia has it established record of tolerance and respect between its varied religious and ethnic populations however recent reports raise troubling concerns as to whether the rights of religious and racial minorities are being threatened for example on the may thirtieth two thousand and seven decision by the malaysian federal court and the apostasy case of lina jo has troubling implications for the question as to whether takes precedence over civil law in matters of religious conversion there are indications that this and other court rulings are rotting the constitutional rights of minorities which in turn is aggravating a growing social religious divide in the country the resolution we are considering references the prime minister's condemnation of those seeking to incite racial and religious hatred while commendable the fact that the prime minister's perceived i necessary to make this condemnation only reinforces the growing perception that the government needs to be more vigilant to ensure that the rights of minorities in malaysia are respected another area of concern and deep concern to me is an area of human trafficking malaysia has progress of really fallen in the tier rankings made by the state department pursuant to the trafficking victims protection act until it reached here three in two thousand and seven and that is for the most egre violators according to the june two thousand and seven trafficking and persons report malaysia is failing to punish acts of trafficking provide adequate shelters and social services the victims protect as migrant workers from involuntary servitude and prosecute traffickers who are arrested and detained under preventative laws it is particularly disturbing that the government of malaysia recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the government of indonesia authorizes malaysian employers to confiscate and hold the passport of indonesian domestic employees throughout the term of their employment such authority could easily facilitate the involuntary servitude of domestic workers i would strongly encourage the malaysian government to take the opportunity on this fiftieth anniversary celebration of the country's independence to seriously address human trafficking so as to promote the rights of  all individuals residing or transiting within its borders the united states of alasia has sometimes had sharp alesi differences yet despite these occasional disagreements this resolution points out that the u s and malaysia ha continued to work closely together in such important areas as counterterrorism defense cooperation counter narcotics and trade bilateral relations has grown stronger in the recent years and we value their relationship nevertheless we continue to have different perspectives on important issues of concern one of these relates to iran as my colleagues are aware the united states remains opposed to foreign investment in iran oil and gas sector including malaysian investment as a matter of law and policy congress and the executive branch let's continue to emphasize our concerns about such investment and related financial ties and to impose business as usual with iran it is critical that the world community including malaysia join us in persuading tehran to end its nucular weapons program in addition u s authorities have recently uncovered a number of plots to tranship weapons technology and sensitive dual use goods through malaysia to iran this together with past evidence of malaysian companies involvement in a q khan's clandestine nuclear proliferation network points to an urgent need for malaysia to implement reforms to its export controls the failure to rein in proliferator zz not only endangers international security but could also imperil legitimate trade thus it would be in the country's bed interest as well as that of the international community for malaysia to enact a world class export control system another concern involves relations with the state of israel although malaysia is not a member of the league of arab states it appears to share much of the league's antis ainus idiology indeed kuala lumpur's does not maintain diplomatic relations with israel a two thousand  research service report on the then propose us malaysia free trade agreement pointed out that kuala lumpur appeared to be a de facto supporter of the trade embargo against israel in point of fact malaysia conducts virtually no trade with israel the absence of normal commercial ties with israel let alone formal diplomatic relations presents a stunningly awkward circumstance one i hope malaysian leaders would find time to reflect upon and to correct in conclusion while i join this body in welcoming this fiftieth anniversary of malaysian independence i would simply note that us malaysian relations could become even more constructive additional speakers saw you back the balance of my time all time moving when you look back the question is well how suspend the rules are passed us resolution five eighteen those favorable say  table what purposes gentleman from american samoa rise mr speaker i move to suspend the rules and agree to house resolution five a three quarter report the title this proposed resolution and i am myself such time as i may consume floor and let me also especially congratulate the chief sponsor and also this important resolution my good friend is senior member of the house foreign affairs committee the gentleman from cal from florida mr klain as well as the there are a few scattered lights of moral decency and personal courage to give hope to all mankind that the doctors will prevail at least a light in the tunnel arguably mr speaker there's not been a more terrible period of d of world war two when nazi germany systematically murdered more than six million jewish people even during that terrible period there were lights in the moral darkness and who kept alive the values of decency compassion and courage one such person was a twenty nine year old british businessman mr nicholas winton during his fricken business trips to germany mr nicholas winton observed firsthand the variant anti semitism