I rise in support of this legislation. and I thank Congresswoman BARBARA LEE for all of her work. as well as everyone on the committee. for bringing this bill to the floor of the Congress today. I rise in support of this bill to authorize State and local governments to divest assets in companies that conduct business operations in Sudan. as well as to prohibit United States Government contracts with any such companies. Several years ago I traveled with a bipartisan Congressional delegation to see firsthand the site of the ongoing genocide in Darfur. and to meet in person with the refugeespeople displaced from their homes because of targeted political violence. At that time. 250.000 people had already been murdered or had died from subsequent malnutrition and disease. Another 2 million people had already been displaced. I returned from that trip outraged with the conduct of the Government of Sudan. Not only did the Sudanese Government refuse to protect the innocent people caught between the rebels and the government. but it was also actively involved in the raping. maiming and killing of these refugees. I returned with the hope that our Nation would do everything possible to bring this nightmare to an end. But not enough has been done.
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