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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE May 10, 2005 I Guess That Is Not Happening in the U.N 8992 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE May 10, 2005 I guess that is not happening in the U.N. agencies and humanitarian orga- supplemental was where we could do Sudan. At the same time we are chal- nizations are doing everything they much of this. Some of that we stepped lenging autocrats around the world, it can, a heroic job of getting assistance back from. seems we are seeking accommodation to these camps. But I have to tell you, Our values as a nation and our na- with what I consider a barbarous gov- there is a serious shortfall between a tional security require us to speak up ernment in Sudan. quality of life that is just sustainable and confront these problems. At the same time we are saying we and reality. The terrain in eastern The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- are standing with those who stand for Chad is dry, infertile and, frankly, the pore. All time in morning business has freedom, we are turning our backs on environment is bleak. It barely sup- now expired. the human rights of the people of ports the Chadians who live in the Mr. CORZINE. I thank the Presiding Darfur. It is not enough to say that be- area. There is not enough water and Officer. I hope my colleagues will con- cause the Sudanese Government shows certainly limited amounts of food. It sider this legislation when we bring it some signs of cooperation on some needs to change. back to the floor. It needs to be fought fronts, this justifies our turning our That is why we need to speak out and for. backs on that Government’s criminal we have to be forceful. That is why one I thank the Chair. I yield the floor. attacks on their own people. It sounds of the provisions in the Darfur Ac- f almost like a speech I heard over the countability Act I think is most impor- weekend. How can we ignore our own tant, and that is the appointment of a CONCLUSION OF MORNING values when it comes to Africa? Is not special envoy. BUSINESS every human life of equal worth? Mr. President, stopping genocide is a The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- One of this generation’s great moral moral challenge that requires courage pore. Morning business is closed. voices, Elie Wiesel, understood that and resources. But it also requires at- f our values are universal. Speaking on tention every day—real diplomatic en- Darfur last year, he asked: gagement to make sure we are moving EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL AP- How can a citizen of a free country not pay the ball forward in this process. In PROPRIATIONS ACT FOR DE- attention? How can anyone, anywhere, not Chad, I met with President Deby and FENSE, THE GLOBAL WAR ON feel outraged? How can a person, whether re- also with members of the joint com- TERROR, AND TSUNAMI RELIEF ligious or secular, not be moved by compas- mission—Chadians engaged in diplo- ACT, 2005—CONFERENCE REPORT sion? And above all, how can anyone who re- matic negotiations between the Gov- members remain silent? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- ernment of Sudan and the Darfur pore. Under the previous order, the Mr. President, I just returned from rebels. We met with the rebels them- Senate will proceed to the consider- the region. Unfortunately, the Govern- selves. People want peace. We met with ation of the conference report to ac- ment of Sudan denied me the visa that people in the African Union in Addis company H.R. 1268, which the clerk I needed to visit the camps inside Ababa, Ethiopia. will report. Sudan. Instead, I went to Chad, where Bringing these players together—not The assistant legislative clerk read there are about 200,000 displaced refu- to mention the parties in the north- as follows: gees from Darfur. south agreement in Sudan, the EU, What do the Sudanese have to hide? NATO, and U.N. Security Council The committee of conference on the dis- Why would they prevent a U.S. Senator agreeing votes of the two Houses on the members—is a full time job. It needs amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. from visiting. In the camp I visited in the attention of an individual to make 1268), making emergency supplemental ap- Chad, I received reports of continued sure that those negotiations don’t go propriations for the fiscal year ending Sep- attacks on civilians, as well as a grow- adrift. We need that attention now. It tember 30, 2005, to establish and rapidly im- ing fear of an imminent humanitarian is critical. The Darfur Accountability plement regulations for State driver’s li- crisis afflicting the 2 million displaced Act asked for this, encouraged this, cense and identification document security Darfurians. But it is when monitors are and it is not happening. It is not suffi- standards, to prevent terrorists from abusing denied access, when there are no re- cient enough to have a one-time trip by the asylum laws of the United States, to ports, that the atrocities are always unify terrorism-related grounds for inadmis- the Deputy Secretary of State to sibility and removal, to ensure expeditious the most grave and can continue. Sudan to think that we are paying construction of the San Diego border fence, We need transparency. This is not enough attention or putting on enough and for other purposes, having met, after full about one Senator. The Sudanese have pressure. In fact, we don’t have an am- and free conference, have agreed to rec- obstructed access by African Union bassador in the Sudan. We don’t have ommend and do recommend to their respec- monitors. Human rights advocates and an official representative to the Afri- tive Houses this report, signed by a majority journalists have been denied entry. Hu- can Union. We need to be paying atten- of conferees on the part of both Houses. manitarian organizations have been tion. That is why Senator BROWNBACK The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- harassed and, when they actually get and myself offered the amendment to pore. The Senate will proceed to the there, some have actually been killed. the supplemental. That is why we have consideration of the conference report. We need to shine a light on this prob- asked for additional funding, some of (The conference report is printed in lem. I visited some of the victims last which was included in the supple- the House proceedings of the RECORD of week in eastern Chad. Here is a picture mental, and I am grateful for the fact May 3, 2005.) of some of the folks in one of the that Senators DEWINE and BROWNBACK, The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. camps. Hundreds of these men and DURBIN, LEAHY, and OBAMA were able SUNUNU). The Senator from Mississippi women desperately want to go home. to provide $50 million more for the Af- is recognized. They were in Chad because of the bru- rican Union. But some of the humani- Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, the tal violence in their own country, tarian assistance was pulled back for Senate now has under consideration brought on by the Sudanese Govern- reasons allocated to other difficult the conference report to accompany ment. They were chased from their vil- places that also demand need. H.R. 1268, the fiscal year 2005 emer- lages. None of them felt safe to return. It is essential if we are going to stop gency supplemental appropriations None of them would return. this killing, stop the genocide, that we bill. This bill was requested by the This sentiment matches what we react now, that we pay attention, that President to carry forward the spend- hear in Darfur, where we were last fall. we do the things that will allow the Af- ing and accounts of the Department of Hundreds of thousands of civilians were rican Union’s deployment to be suc- Defense, the Department of State, and in these IDP camps, approaching 2 mil- cessful—only 2,200 people in an area the other agencies and departments of the lion. Meanwhile, the Darfur refugees in size of France. We need to have a min- Government through the remainder of Chad are barely getting by. I can tell imum of 6,000, maybe as many as 10,000. this fiscal year which will end on Sep- you that the conditions are difficult. That mission needs to be financed. The tember 30. 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A bipartisan ing back of time, the Senate proceed to ture on 11. majority of the conferees reconciled a vote on adoption of the conference re- I evaluate each candidate on a case- differences between the two bills and port, with no intervening action or de- by-case basis and thoroughly examine reached agreement on the provisions of bate. their writings, opinions, statements, a conference report on Tuesday, May 3. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there temperament, and character.
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