[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 12258]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           HONORING THE UNPRECEDENTED CAMPAIGN TO END TYRANNY

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                       HON. THADDEUS G. McCOTTER

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 12, 2009

  Mr. McCOTTER. Madam Speaker, I rise today in recognition of the 
Unprecedented Campaign to End Tyranny, which took place on May 9, 2009.
  The Unprecedented Campaign to End Tyranny is a Midwest tour across 
nine states to support the people who have peacefully quit the Chinese 
Communist Party. It celebrates the condemnation of communism and the 
evolution of attitudes that encourage freedom of speech, religion, and 
expression. Since 2004, nearly fifty-four million Chinese citizens have 
bravely and publicly disassociated themselves with the Chinese 
Communist Party. This number continues to grow by up to 40,000 each 
day. The defection movement is gaining in momentum.
  Madam Speaker, it is the responsibility and duty of free Americans to 
stand with those who yearn to be free. I ask my colleagues to join me 
in honoring the bravery of those who have had the daring audacity to 
publicly step forward and denounce the stifling oppression of 
communism, and embrace the ideals of freedom and liberty.

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