[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 20]
[House]
[Page 27266]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           CRACKDOWN IN BURMA

  (Mr. ROHRABACHER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROHRABACHER. Mr. Speaker, I ask all freedom-loving people to pay 
attention to the latest crackdown in Burma by that country's brutal 
military regime.
  A few days ago, the military again reminded us why Burma has one of 
the most despicable regimes in the world, by cruelly cracking down on a 
demonstration by Buddhist monks. Over 900 monks took to the streets, 
calling for freedom and democracy. These people, who are dedicated to 
peace themselves, found themselves the targets of not only water guns 
but of brutal beatings. One of them was killed. Four have been put in 
intensive care.
  It is time for the people of Burma to join the Buddhist monks and to 
rise up against their tyrants. It is time for the people in the Burmese 
Army to rise up and turn their guns against the military regime that 
has destroyed freedom in their country and led their country into such 
deprivation and poverty, the regime that is stealing from their own 
people and giving their country to the Communist Chinese, and it is up 
to us, the United States, to back up the freedom-loving people of 
Burma.

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