[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 21]
[House]
[Page 28267]
[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, as we approach the last week of our work 
this session, there are 2 million people trapped in the unfolding 
nightmare in Darfur; 500 people a day being killed as we prepare for 
the holiday season. Since we are going to be delaying the work of the 
House until the end of January, this week is also the last chance for 
us to act to at least keep the African Union peacekeepers on the job; 
7,300 people for an area the size of Texas seems like a fragile reed 
with which to stop the ongoing genocide in Darfur.
  The Defense Appropriations train leaving the station could contain 
$50 million, which would be the smallest of steps to halt what all of 
us here say we condemn. We all ought to ask ourselves what we are going 
to do about it this week.

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