[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 44 (Friday, April 7, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E558]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              DARFUR PEACE AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2006

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                               speech of

                           HON. SCOTT GARRETT

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, April 5, 2006

  Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to voice my 
strong support for H.R. 3127, the Darfur Peace and Accountability Act, 
of which I am a cosponsor.
  This Act authorizes the President to offer further assistance to the 
African Union Mission in Sudan to protect civilians and humanitarian 
operations. It also provides the President the authority to impose 
sanctions on those individuals who have committed acts of genocide and 
calls on the international community to contribute more aid to end this 
horrific crisis.
  The United States and our allies must do whatever we can to help end 
the atrocities that have been occurring in the Darfur region of the 
Sudan over the last four years. During that time over 400,000 southern 
Sudanese Christians have been massacred and over 1.6 million people 
have been permanently displaced from their homes.
  To this day, the Sudanese government in the north is continuing to 
attempt to ``ethnically cleanse'' this area of its Christian 
population. These serious violations of international human rights and 
law--not to mention, plain human decency--must be stopped.
  The rest of the world must put pressure on the individuals and 
institutions involved to put an immediate end to these crimes without 
regard to their economic or political interests in the area. Human life 
must be the guiding factor.
  I applaud the efforts of my colleagues, Chris Smith and Donald Payne, 
both of whom are from my home state of New Jersey. I also thank 
Chairman Hyde for his tireless efforts on this legislation as well and 
ask that all of my colleagues support H.R. 3127, the Darfur Peace and 
Accountability Act.

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