Highlights from a Special Order on Sudan

Payne:
I RISE TODAY WITH MAJORITY LEADER STENY HOYER TO RICE THE ALARM ON THE CURRENT SITUATION IN SUDAN AND UNDERSCORE OUR SUPPORT FOR TIMELY, FREE AND FAIR REFERENDUM ON THE INDEPENDENCE OF SUDAN.
Hoyer:
NOW, AS ON MY CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO SUDAN THREE YEARS AGO, OUR FOCUS REMAINS THE SAME. 06:27:16 PROMOTING PEACE, STABILITY, AND RECONSTRUCTION ACROSS THE WHOLE OF SUDAN. 06:27:20 THIS IS NOT ONLY OUR MORAL OBLIGATION, BUT AN IMPORTANT NATIONAL SECURITY GOAL AS WELL. 06:27:28 WE MUST WORK TO EN-- TO ENSURE THAT SUDAN DOES NOT BECOME A SAFE HAVEN FOR TERRORISTS.
Capuano:
LET ME BE CLEAR. 06:38:11 TO ME, THIS MAY NOT BE THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE TO MOST OF MY CONSTITUENTS. 06:38:16 I KNOW THAT. 06:38:17 I REALIZE THAT. 06:38:19 JOBS ARE MORE IMPORTANT. 06:38:22 THE ECONOMY IS MORE IMPORTANT. 06:38:23 BUT AMERICA HAS BEEN AND ALWAYS SHOULD BE SHOULD BE MORE THAN JUST ABOUT BUSINESS. 06:38:29 IT HAS TO BE ABOUT MORALITY AND ETHICS AS WELL. 06:38:34 IN THIS CASE, THE MORALITY -- IMMORALITY OF A GENOCIDE, KEEPING PEOPLE ENSLAVED IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK ONLY AMERICA IS QUALIFIED TO STAND UP AND SCREAM ABOUT.
Payne:
ON JANUARY 9, 2005, MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING MYSELF, WITNESSED THE SIGNING OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PEACE AGREEMENT IN NAIROBI, KENYA. 06:15:12 IT ENDED THE GHASTLY, 21-YEAR CIVIL WAR BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF SUDAN A WAR THAT CLAIMED THE LIVES OF TWO MILLION SOUTHERNERS AND DISPLACED MORE THAN FOUR MILLION, A WAR IN WHICH THE BASHIR REGIME USED AERIAL BOMBINGS AGAINST INNOCENT, DEFENSELESS WOMEN, CHILDREN, ELDERLY, DISABLED, AND NEARLY DESTROYED AN ENTIRE REGION, SOUTH SUDAN.
Woolsey:
WHILE IT MAY HAVE SLIPPED FROM THE FRONT PAGE OF THE NEWSPAPERS AND HEADLINES OF THE NIGHTLY NEWS, THE CRISIS IN SUDAN IS STILL IN A VERY CRITICAL STAGE. 06:43:18 IN DARFUR, RAPE IS BEING USED AS A MEANS OF TERROR AND WARFARE. 06:43:24 HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN REFUGEE CAMPS. 06:43:31 MILITIAS WITH STRONG TIES TO DARFUR. 06:43:35 KHARTOUM BRUTALIZE THE PEOPLE OF SO WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO BEFORE THE PEOPLE OF DARFUR CAN FEEL SAFE AND RETURN TO A NORMAL LIFE.
Perriello:
WE KNOW FROM THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY THAT SUPPORTING DEMOCRACY IS NOT SOMETHING WE DO BECAUSE IT'S EASY. 06:49:25 WE DO IT BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT. 06:49:26 IT'S NOT SOMETHING WAS IT HAPPENS OVERNIGHT. 06:49:29 IT'S SOMETHING WE SUPPORT BECAUSE WE KNOW THROUGH THE ARC OF HISTORY BENDING TOWARD JUSTICE, WE MOVE TOWARD A MORE DEMOCRATIC AND FREE WORLD AND THAT THAT SHOULD APPLY AS MUCH TO THE PEOPLE OF SUDAN AND THE CONTINENT OF AFRICA AS IT DOES HERE FOR THOSE BLESSED ENOUGH TO BE BORN IN THE UNITED STATES.
Barrow:  
THE UNITED STATES CANNOT AND WILL NOT TURN A BLIND EYE TO GENOCIDE IN DARFUR OR TO CORRUPTION AND POOR LEADERSHIP IN ANY PART OF SUDAN. 06:55:41 TOO MUCH BLOOD HAS BEEN SHED AND TOO MANY LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST. 06:55:45 THE UNITED STATES MUST CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR INTERNATIONAL ALLIES TO PROVIDE AID AND PROMOTE PEACE BECAUSE THAT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
Miller:
THE BASHIR REGIME MUST KNOW THAT THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING. 06:25:05 WE CANNOT DIVERT OUR ATTENTION FROM SUDAN. 06:25:07 WE MUST REMAIN COMMITTED AND INSIST ON THE FULL COOPERATION OF THE C.P.A. TO OBTAIN SUSTAINABLE PEACE IN SUDAN.
Payne:
THE MESSAGE TO KHARTOUM MUST BE THAT A DISMISSAL OF THE C.P.A. 06:21:31 IN ANY FORM WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. 06:21:34 WE DEMAND FREE AND FAIR REFERENDUM FOR THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH SUDAN. 06:21:38 WE DEMAND JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 06:21:41 WE DEMAND A REAL END TO GENOCIDE IN DARFUR.
Hoyer:
IMPROVING THE DAILY LIVES OF PEOPLE IN THE WORLD'S MOST WAR-TORN REGIONS IS A MORAL RESPONSIBILITY. 06:36:05 WE STAND WITH YOU, YOU DESERVE MORE THAN THE BLOODSHED AND DISLOCATION THAT YEAR AFTER YEAR HAVE BROUGHT YOU. 06:36:15 YOU DESERVE WHAT WE ALL DESERVE, A CHANCE TO LIVE OUR LIVES AND RAISE OUR CHILDREN IN PEACE AND AMERICA WILL DO EVERYTHING IN ITS POWER TO ENSURE THAT JANICE THE BEGINNING OF THAT CHANCE -- CHANCE.