[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 90 (Wednesday, June 6, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1214]
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  CALLING ON THE GOVERNMENT OF CHINA TO STOP GENOCIDE AND VIOLENCE IN 
                             DARFUR, SUDAN

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                               speech of

                          HON. LYNN C. WOOLSEY

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 5, 2007

  Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H. Res. 422, a 
resolution calling on China to use its unique influence and economic 
leverage to stop genocide and violence in Darfur.
  I would like to thank the Congresswoman from California for her 
dedication to human rights throughout the world and especially in 
Darfur.
  I was pleased to be a cosponsor of this bill and pleased that this 
Congress will not let the ongoing genocide go unnoticed or ignored.
  What's taking place in Darfur today is truly a crime against 
humanity. Every day women are raped, men are killed, and children face 
violence, hunger, and desperation.
  China has chosen to continue to invest in Sudan and to prop up a 
government bent on murder and bloodshed. Let us be clear: any country 
that supports the Khartoum government's brutality--either through 
monetary or military support--is complicit.
  I urge the support of this resolution and call on our own 
administration to take immediate actions to bring an end to the 
genocide in Sudan.

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