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Ed Pastor: “When I first came to this Congress in October of 1991, I was approached about trying to do something with this issue. I…”

On the recordNovember 9, 1997
When I first came to this Congress in October of 1991, I was approached about trying to do something with this issue. I have to tell Members since then to today, things have gotten worse for the people not only who are in Germany but also for the Americans that travel to Germany. Mr. Speaker, the issue is, if you are for human rights, you should be for this resolution. If you are against religious persecution, you should be for this resolution. If you are against the persecution of Christians in China, you should be for this resolution. Mr. Speaker, there is concern for many of us in this country and we are supporting this resolution in a bilingual nature, because we want to show our concern that we do not want history to repeat itself in Germany.
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Ed Pastor
Arizona

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Addressing human rights and religious persecution in Germany and China.

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