[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 20775]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          WE MUST SAVE DARFUR

  (Ms. LEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. LEE. Mr. Speaker, 3 years ago this week, Congress formally 
declared that genocide was taking place in Darfur, and Congressman Don 
Payne is owed a debt of gratitude for leading this effort.
  While much has been done since then to push pressure on Khartoum, the 
genocide still rages. Our young people and the faith community have 
tirelessly reminded us of this.
  I was in Darfur earlier this year for the third time, and let me tell 
you, it is getting worse. We passed a number of bills in Congress 
imposing sanctions urging our allies like China and the League of Arab 
States to get involved, but we must do more.
  Today, with the help of our good friend and great leader, Chairman 
Barney Frank, the Financial Services Committee Chair, we will take 
another step toward marking up my bill, H.R. 180, the Darfur 
Accountability and Divestment Act, which authorizes States to divest 
from Sudan and bans new Federal contracts with companies doing business 
with the genocidal regime in Khartoum. We must keep the pressure on 
President Bashir and insist on unfettered access for the United Nations 
and African Union, and we must save Darfur.

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