Jon S. Corzine: “I rise to talk about the Darfur Accountability Act. This is an issue that I and a number of my colleagues have as much…”

“I rise to talk about the Darfur Accountability Act. This is an issue that I and a number of my colleagues have as much passion about and as much conviction and concern as anything that we could speak about on this floor. As we stand here today, 225,000, maybe more, Darfurians in the Sudan have died over the last 2 years. A million and three quarters are displaced, living in camps. Senator Brownback is a cosponsor of the Darfur Accountability Act, along with Senators DeWine, Talent, Dodd, Durbin, Feingold, and Lieberman--a bipartisan basis. All believe strongly and passionately that we need to act now. This bill, which we will be introducing today, provides the tools, the authorities to confront the crisis of humanity that is taking place in Darfur. It can be a reflection of our Nation's commitment to live up to the most solemn promise of our time and our Nation's values--to never stand by quietly while genocide goes forth, while genocide rages in a part of the world. ``Never again'' is the rallying cry we have all heard from the tragedy of World War II, from the response and understanding of the tragedy of Rwanda and genocides across history. Man's horrific treatment of his fellow man in genocide must be stood up against, must be pushed back against. We must say no. It has been more than 7 months since the resolution introduced by Senator Brownback and myself declaring the atrocities in Darfur to be declared genocide passed the Senate.”