[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10934]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           HUMAN RIGHTS FAILURES OF THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION

  (Mr. WOLF asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WOLF. When President Obama was awarded the Nobel Prize for his 
commitment to human rights, the decision was based on a misplaced hope 
rather than actual record. In fact, the Obama administration has been 
silent or inept in country after country when it comes to advocating 
for the oppressed, the marginalized, and the vulnerable.
  On Obama's watch, more than 118 Tibetans have set themselves aflame, 
and yet human rights was barely mentioned at the recent U.S.-China 
summit. On Obama's watch, genocide persists in Darfur, and thousands 
are starving in the Nuba Mountains, and yet the Sudan special envoy 
position has been vacant for nearly 4 months. On Obama's watch, 
Christians, including Egypt's ancient Coptic Christian community, have 
experienced escalating persecution throughout the Middle East, and yet 
religious freedom is relegated to the back burner in our dealings with 
Islamist governments.
  In the days ahead, I will highlight this administration's abject 
failure to champion human rights and religious freedom around the 
world.

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