Donald M. Payne: “let me thank the Members who have participated in the dialogue on what is going on in the Darfur region of Sudan. Let me…”

“let me thank the Members who have participated in the dialogue on what is going on in the Darfur region of Sudan. Let me thank our leader, Leader Pelosi, for her participation, Chairman Watt of the Congressional Black Caucus from North Carolina, Congresswoman Kilpatrick from Michigan, Congresswomen Lee, Watson and Waters from California, Congressmen Rush and Davis from Illinois, Congressman Green from Texas, Congresswoman Moore from Wisconsin, and Congressman Jefferson from Louisiana for their participation this evening. Let me also acknowledge other Members who were not here tonight but have been real troopers in this battle for justice. Congressman Capuano from Massachusetts, and on the other side of the aisle, this is indeed not a partisan issue, because there is no person who has fought harder for the last 20 years or so on Sudan than Congressman Wolf from Virginia. He is there all of the time. Congressman Tancredo from Colorado, Congressman Royce from California, Congressman Smith from New Jersey, all Members of the House who have said that enough is enough, that we must do more. And so 2 years ago, we declared genocide in Darfur. And that was 10 years after the world ignored Rwanda when genocide went on. And had the world done something in Armenia in 1916, when the so-called young Turks came in and had genocide on the Armenia population, perhaps this would not have happened today.”