[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 23 (Monday, March 9, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E321-E322]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   SUPPORT FOR REV. RONALD I. SCHUPP

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                         HON. LUIS V. GUTIERREZ

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 9, 1998

  Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to give my support to the 
work of Chicago

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Civil Rights leader Reverend Ronald I. Schupp. For the past two years, 
Reverend Schupp has held a peaceful twenty-four hour fast and vigil 
outside of the Chinese Consulate in Chicago calling upon the government 
of the People's Republic of China to grant independence to Tibet and 
its people.
  This vigil has been held on March 10, now known as Tibetan National 
Day, recognizing for thirty-nine years the ongoing efforts of the 
Tibetan people to gain their freedom.
  The 14th Dalai Lama, who in 1989 won the Nobel Peace Prize for his 
continuing efforts for a nonviolent peaceful solution to end the 
occupation of Tibet, is still laboring ceaselessly to accomplish this 
goal. I fully support Reverend Schupp and the vigil he is once again 
undertaking.

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