[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 38 (Wednesday, March 4, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H2934]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              WHERE IS THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION ON SUDAN?

  (Mr. WOLF asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, today the International Criminal Court issued 
an arrest warrant for Sudan's President Bashir, charging him with seven 
counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity. This is the first 
time the court has accused a sitting head of state of war crimes.
  The world knows what's happening in Sudan and Darfur, and yet the 
Obama administration has failed to appoint a special envoy. I have 
asked him to appoint a former Senator, Bill Frist from Tennessee, who 
can start today. The tribunal spokesman said the crimes included, and I 
quote, ``murdering, exterminating, raping, torturing and forcibly 
transferring large numbers of civilians and the pillaging of their 
property.''
  According to the U.N., an estimated 300,000 have been killed since 
the Darfur conflict began and 2.7 million displaced. And yet the Obama 
administration has failed to appoint a special envoy. As recently as 
just yesterday, the AP reported that in recent weeks 26,000 people have 
fled their homes in Darfur and flooded Zamzam refugee camps, already at 
50,000.
  I close by saying time is short. The killing and the devastation goes 
on. The administration must act. This cannot wait.

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