[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 42 (Wednesday, March 17, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H1339]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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    CONGRESS MUST REMAIN COMMITTED TO BRING PEACE TO ALL OF IRELAND

  (Mr. CROWLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CROWLEY. Mr. Speaker, I would like to express my condemnation of 
the brutal March 15 killing of human rights attorney and mother 
Rosemary Nelson.
  Rosemary Nelson died after a bomb ripped apart her car in Lurgan, 
County Armagh in the north of Ireland. Forty year old Rosemary, mother 
of three, had previously represented the nationalist Garvaghy Road 
residents coalition in nearby Portadown over the long-running Drumcree 
Orange Order Protest. Her death mutes a powerful voice in the quest to 
bring lasting peace to the north of Ireland.
  Congress must remain strongly united in its commitment to the 
condemnation of bombings and acts of terrorism and continued human 
rights abuses. We must remain committed to bringing peace and justice 
and prosperity to all of Ireland.
  That is why we must pass my resolution, H. Con. Res. 54, to honor the 
1-year anniversary of the Good Friday Peace Accords. I urge my 
colleagues to stand firm on the United States' support of Irish peace 
by joining the 77 cosponsors of H. Con. Res 54, and the U.S. Senate is 
passing that resolution today.

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