[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 124 (Tuesday, July 24, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H7094]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        HOLD SUDAN ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE MURDER OF JOHN GRANVILLE

  (Mr. HIGGINS of New York asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. HIGGINS of New York. Mr. Speaker, I have proudly stood before 
this House on many occasions to honor the life and legacy of south 
Buffalo native John Granville. John was a young diplomat with the 
United States Agency for International Development and, tragically, was 
murdered by Islamic extremists in Khartoum, Sudan, in 2008.
  At the time of his death, John was working with the people of South 
Sudan to prepare them for elections and their eventual independence as 
the newest country in the world in 2011.
  A decade after John's death, the Granville family is still fighting 
the international justice system to hold the Government of Sudan 
accountable for his death.
  The Trump administration's Department of State is now considering 
removing Sudan from the list of state-sponsored terrorists. If the 
State Department allows for that removal, Sudan's responsibility for 
John's death and the escape of his convicted murderers must be a 
condition for the State Department's action in this matter.

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