[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 76 (Thursday, June 9, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H4301]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  WE MUST STOP THE BLOODSHED IN SUDAN

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I applaud the meeting between 
the Prime Minister of Britain and this administration.
  If one thing has come out of that meeting beyond the need for the $50 
billion for the restoration of the continent of Africa, it is that we 
must act now to stop the bleeding, the bloodshed and the brutality in 
Darfur and Sudan.
  This week is the 10th year recognition commemoration of the million 
that died in Rwanda, and we are reminded that they died because of our 
nonaction, our inertia, our refusal to accept the fact that people were 
being brutalized and killed. The U.S. did not act.
  It is important that military assistance be sent to Sudan now and 
that the President of Chad be included in this process for the 300,000 
refugees that are languishing in Chad without any resources from around 
the world.
  The United States must act, the Congress must act. A declaration of 
genocide has already been declared. Do we want another Rwanda on our 
hands, more blood, more bloodshed and loss of life? We cannot afford 
it. The African Union must be sent. We must stop the bloodshed in Sudan 
and return the people to their land.

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