Concern regarding the repression of the religious freedom and human rights of the Iranian Bahba'bi community by the government of Iran; concern regarding the gross violations of human rights and civil liberties of the Syrian people by the government of the Syrian Arab Republic; support of full membership of Israel in the WEOG at the U.N.; and support for the accession of Israel to the OECD markup before the Subcommittee on the Middle East and Central Asia of the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, second session, on H. Con. Res. 319., H. Con. Res. 363, H. Res. 615 and H. Res. 617, May 12, 2004.