[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 11 (Wednesday, February 9, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H259]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       HOROWITZ SUDAN RESOLUTION

  (Mr. TANCREDO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TANCREDO. Madam Speaker, today I will introduce a resolution 
which commends Michael Horowitz for the public statement he made last 
week by protesting the lack of action that the administration has taken 
in actively addressing the situation in Sudan. Mr. Horowitz also used 
this forum in hopes of raising the awareness of the American people to 
the plight of the Sudanese at the hands of the northern totalitarian 
regime in Khartoum.
  Madam Speaker, the civil war in Sudan has been raging now for over 17 
years with close to 2 million dead. The United States should be doing 
all it can to support the intergovernmental authority for development, 
or IGAD process, in hopes of bringing this horrific chapter in the 
lives of the Sudanese to a close. Until peace is finally reached, we 
should also be supporting those in the south who are fighting to keep 
the iron, long-reaching fist of the northern regime from crushing their 
beliefs and way of life.
  Furthermore the administration should address and work in conjunction 
with others who are leading a campaign against companies such as 
Talisman Energy and others who are using American capital to support 
their oil operations in Sudan at the detriment of the southern 
population. Mr. Horowitz's act of civil disobedience was done in hopes 
of bringing light to the inaction and bland policies of our government 
towards Sudan, for it is time we truly addressed this regime and the 
policies of terrorism and destruction it brings to the table with it.

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