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Scott Garrett: just a concluding point, with the need for us to take initial movement on this but also to look for the rest of the…

On the recordJuly 30, 2007
just a concluding point, with the need for us to take initial movement on this but also to look for the rest of the world community to become involved. It was just last year when U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown said with regard to Darfur on this point: ``And yet what can the U.S. do alone in the heart of Africa in a region the size of France? In essence, the U.S. is stymied before it even passes Go. It needs a multilateral means to address the Sudan's concerns.'' I believe that is true, but this is the first step in that direction. With that, I once again thank the gentlelady from California and the chairman as well for their work together in a bipartisan manner on this legislation
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Scott Garrett
New Jersey

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Discussing the need for multilateral action regarding the situation in Darfur.

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