Congress formally declared that genocide was taking place in Darfur. Estimates indicate that nearly 450.000 people have been killed. and 2.5 million innocent civilians have been displaced to date. I witnessed this ongoing tragedy for the first time in 2005 when I visited the refugee camps in Chad and Darfur with two great humanitarian leaders. Don Cheadle and Paul Rusesabagina. this delegation led. again bipartisan. by Chairman ED ROYCE. In February. 2006. under the leadership of our great Speaker. Congresswoman NANCY PELOSI. I had the opportunity once again to visit the refugee camps in another region of Darfur. This again was a bipartisan delegation. And just this past April. along with my colleague Congresswoman ILEANA RosLEHTINEN. we visited another region in Darfur as part of this visit organized by our majority leader.