I would like to thank the gentleman for his leadership on this issue. and I would like to thank the gentlelady for yielding time and thank her for her leadership in bringing this issue to the attention of the House. Madam Speaker. I urge my colleagues to support H. Res. 426. which recognizes 2007 as the Year of the Rights of Internally Displaced Persons in Colombia. and offer support for efforts to ensure that the internally displaced people of Colombia receive the assistance and protection they need to rebuild their lives successfully. I have worked with internally displaced persons around the world. These people are not refugees. They do not flee or leave their country. they are within their country displaced internally. And their stories are similar.
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