[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 17029]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                 SUDAN

  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, we are about to take up a number of 
matters that are in a position to be passed by unanimous consent. One 
of those includes a concurrent resolution, S. Con. Res. 133, on Sudan. 
It is a clear statement from the Senate that what is occurring in Sudan 
is genocide. Many of us have felt the need to express ourselves on this 
important matter prior to the time we leave for recess.
  I thank the distinguished majority leader and a number of colleagues 
on both sides of the aisle.
  It is an important statement to be made. The administration needs to 
hear it, the international community needs to hear it, and certainly 
the Sudanese Government, which tolerates if not assists in genocide, 
needs to hear it.
  I note, also, this concurrent resolution would not have been possible 
without the tireless effort of the Congressional Black Caucus. I 
especially want to note the efforts of Congressman Don Payne, 
Congressman John Conyers, and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee. Their 
tireless efforts for human rights ought to be recognized tonight. I 
congratulate them and I thank them for their work. I am very proud to 
be associated with that effort and with this resolution tonight.
  I yield the floor and I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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