Dan Burton

“ They can easily see that they inhabit a rich country, and they are justifiably beginning to ask why so little of their country's great wealth seems to be trickling down to them. The people are also not blind to sham elections, the stifling of press freedom, and the jailing of opposition leaders that have come to characterize the country's political life. I have been told that more and more people in Kazakhstan are losing hope, and are more willing to give Islamic extremists groups, who claim that they will eliminate the corruption of the current regime, a chance to govern. ”

“ But according to the information that I have been receiving, it is the Nazarbayev regime itself that will likely fuel the growth of Islamic extremism. Democracy, a free press, and respect for human rights are the keys to protecting a country like Kazakhstan from the influence of Islamic extremists groups. The United States must stand with regimes in Central Asia who share these key democratic values, not those regimes and leaders who subvert them. ”

“ So ACORN was going to have a major role in working to count the
number of people throughout the country and, in effect, decide where
this money is going to be going. This is an organization that has a
tremendous amount of corruption. They're finding more and more
corruption every single day, and the taxpayers of this country are
allowing them, through the Congress, to have access to almost $10
billion of our taxpayers' dollars. That is insane. ”