[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 9766-9767]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       JUSTICE FOR JOHN GRANVILLE

  (Mr. HIGGINS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, on January 1, 2008, Buffalo native John 
Granville was tragically murdered by Islamic extremists in the Sudanese 
capital of Khartoum.
  John Granville was a kid from my own south Buffalo neighborhood, who 
was committed to helping those in the developing world. He was a former 
Peace Corps volunteer turned career diplomat. At the time of his death, 
Granville was working in South Sudan to assist in their efforts to hold 
free and fair elections after 20 years of brutal civil war.
  While John's killers were captured and convicted, they later escaped 
from prison under suspicious circumstances exactly 4 years ago. Two 
still remain at large. Meanwhile, the man who helped these killers 
escape was pardoned by Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir.
  The State Department has issued a $5 million reward for information 
leading to the capture of these criminals through the Rewards for 
Justice program. It has classified the killers as global terrorists.
  Mr. Speaker, I implore my colleagues, if you share my outrage, to 
please seek justice for John Granville by cosponsoring my resolution, 
H. Res. 171, calling on the State Department to maintain Sudan on the 
state sponsors of terrorism list.

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