[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 30, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H3323]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  ACT TO PROTECT THE UIGHUR COMMUNITY

  (Ms. Wild asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WILD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today for constituents with whom I 
recently met whose family is one among millions of Uighurs, the ethnic 
Muslim community from Xinjiang in northwest China being persecuted by 
the Chinese Government.
  My constituents' parents are among the estimated 1 million Uighurs 
and other Muslims who are currently being held in camps because of 
their faith and ethnicity. The reports of what is happening to this 
community--mass targeting, detention, and torture based on faith and 
origin--echo the darkest chapters in human history.
  I am heartened to see that there is bipartisan support for doing 
something about it. That is why I say to leadership: Move the 
bipartisan UIGHUR Act and the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act through 
committee and to the floor so that we can pass these bills in the 
House, push the Senate to take them up, and get them signed into law.
  Only by acting in moments like this can we truly live up to the 
pledge ``never again.'' Let's stand together and say no to ethnic 
cleansing on our watch.

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