[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 20]
[House]
[Pages 27633-27634]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           GENOCIDE IN DARFUR

  (Mr. BLUMENAUER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the words of our Speaker, 
the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Hastert) this morning when he talked 
about a day that would live in infamy, referencing December 7.
  I appreciate that we have an opportunity now to do something to make 
sure that this is not a day that lives in infamy, because today another 
tragic chapter is being written in Darfur in the horrifying history of 
genocide, which people on both sides of the aisle have condemned.
  Indeed, the violence appears to be getting worse and 500 people a day 
are dying. Somehow, the money for the United States for the 
peacekeepers for the African Union has disappeared from the Foreign 
Operation Conference Committee. This would be a tragedy, if we did not 
meet our obligation to provide at least 7,700 peacekeepers for an area 
the size of Texas.
  Every man and woman on the Hill today should do something to make 
sure that the Defense appropriation

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bill is not finally approved without meeting America's obligation to 
stop this genocide.

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