Source: CAIR Press Release

http://www.cair-net.org/default.asp?Page=articleView&id=2275&theType=NR

On September 27, 2006 a CAIR Press Release reported, "More than 100 people, including nine members of the U.S. House of Representatives, turned out last night for the fourth annual Capitol Hill Ramadan 'iftar,' or fast-breaking meal, hosted by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). A number of congressional staffers, American Muslim community leaders, members of the military and law enforcement, representatives of civil rights groups, and diplomats from Muslim nations joined the House members in the networking event. Several of the elected officials who spoke at the iftar expressed appreciation for CAIR's civil liberties advocacy work. 'CAIR is more important now than maybe ever in our lifetime,' said Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX). Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA) said: 'I do want to give a great deal of credit to the Council on American-Islamic Relations because you have spoken up against discrimination, against religious profiling, against a great deal of the misunderstandings that have been perpetrated and cause people so much hurt.'"