[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 71 (Friday, June 9, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H4125]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 SUDAN

  (Mr. WELDON of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WELDON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to remind my 
colleagues that today is National Sudan Day. Today there are activities 
going on in major cities across the United States focusing attention on 
the ongoing genocide in Sudan.
  The Congress needs to make sure that everyone, especially the 
administration, knows about and acts upon the horrific killings, 
evictions, and enslaving that is going on, brought about by Sudan's 
Islamic fundamentalist regime.
  The regime is on a deliberate campaign of genocide against the black 
Christians of southern Sudan. Eyewitnesses have given House and Senate 
testimony about slavery, torture, rape, mutilation, and killings of 
Christians.
  Mr. Speaker, myself and other House Members have been taking action 
to bring this genocide into the limelight and to focus our efforts on 
stopping the brutality. I encourage my colleagues to continue to 
pressure the White House and the U.S. State Department to take an 
active part in stopping the genocide in Sudan and bringing the issue to 
the forefront of American foreign policy.

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