[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 70 (Wednesday, June 3, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H4028-H4029]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             COMMENDING HONORABLE TONY HALL FOR SUDAN VISIT

  (Mr. W0LF asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks and include extraneous 
material.)
  Mr. WOLF. Madam Speaker, I rise to commend the gentleman from Ohio 
(Mr. Hall) for traveling to Sudan to see firsthand what is taking 
place. He saw starvation, devastation, basically

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an entire generation of people have been lost. The people of Southern 
Sudan are voiceless. They have no big law firms downtown to represent 
them. They have no powerful lobbyists. They have no interests in this 
Congress. I am pleased that the gentleman from Ohio took the time to go 
to be a voice for the voiceless.
  Let us hope with his trip, we can begin to put together a process 
whereby we can bring peace to Southern Sudan and not lose another 
generation. I thank the gentleman from Ohio for his efforts.
  Madam Speaker, I rise today to commend my good friend Rep. Tony Hall 
for traveling to Sudan to see first-hand what is taking place there. He 
saw devastation and starvation--an entire generation lost on account of 
the brutal war that has been raging for over a decade. Slavery, 
terrorism, starvation, and genocide--all are occurring on a regular 
basis in Sudan.
  Now is the time to do more to bring peace to Sudan--a place where 
over 1.5 million people have died. The Sudanese people cannot take much 
more. An entire generation has already been lost.
  The people of Southern Sudan are poor and voiceless. They have no 
access to high-priced lobbyists or expensive public relations firms. 
They are relying on the American Government to help them. They have no 
other hope.
  I am glad my good friend, the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Hall), went to 
look at the atrocities taking place in Sudan. I look forward to working 
with him to help bring an end to this brutal war.

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