Danny Davis: “I want to first of all simply commend and congratulate Chairman Hyde and Mr. Lantos on their leadership of the…”

“I want to first of all simply commend and congratulate Chairman Hyde and Mr. Lantos on their leadership of the International Relations Committee. I also commend the gentleman from New Jersey for his introduction of this outstanding piece of legislation. I speak because I have a constituent in my community, a woman named Oprah Winfrey, who almost every week sends me a letter talking about this issue and urging that Congress must do as much as it can to bring some help to those individuals throughout the world who are victimized; and so I am strongly in favor of the passage of this bill. I want to thank my constituent for keeping me abreast of the issue by at least writing me once every week or two about this issue.”