[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 20]
[House]
[Page 27456]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                 BURMA

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Madam Speaker, I'm somewhat puzzled over an event held on 
Monday this week. The Government of Russia, the Government of China, 
and a U.N. agency gathered for a conference entitled ``Exploring 
Cooperative Approaches to Security in Space.'' I find this fascinating, 
``Cooperative Approaches to Security in Space''; yet China, with Russia 
and India's help, is almost single-handedly propping up the brutal 
dictatorship of Burma.
  This is a brutal dictatorship that uses ethnic minorities as human 
land mine sweepers, has destroyed 3,000 villages and has the highest 
number of child soldiers in the world.
  Perhaps China, Russia, and the U.N. should help bring democracy to 
Burma, which would bring security and stability to that country, before 
trying to bring security in space. The suffering people of Burma 
deserve better, but apparently the Chinese and Russian Governments 
don't think so.

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