[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 25, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H3840]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        BARRING DALAI LAMA FROM PEACE CONFERENCE IN SOUTH AFRICA

  (Mr. LEWIS of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. Madam Speaker, it is a shame and a disgrace 
that the Dalai Lama will not be permitted to attend a peace conference 
in South Africa this week.
  How could a nation, once a symbol of the power of reconciliation, be 
so wrong today? How could the home of Albert Lituli and Nelson Mandela 
and other men and women of courage deny their brotherhood with one 
simple man of peace?
  Madam Speaker, I am afraid that this says something very troubling 
about the leadership of South Africa. It says that they are willing to 
sacrifice the cause of justice on the cross of trade and monetary gain 
with China.
  Today, I stand with former President F.W. de Klerk, Archbishop 
Desmond Tutu and others around the world who condemn this unnecessary 
act.

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