Thomas H. Andrews: “This is a security issue, if I have ever seen one, and it demands the attention of the world at the highest levels.”

There are strong indications that the Burmese junta is engaging in crimes against humanity.

The people of Burma need to know that the people of the United States and the world are with them not only in word but in deed.

The people of Burma are rising up from all walks of life, every ethnic and religious background, and from every corner of the nation as a diverse yet powerfully unified whole.

This is the single largest source of revenue flowing into the hands of these criminals. So I think it is critical that we cut it off.