Steve Pearce: “I would like to visit tonight and talk about Iraq and perceptions about Iraq; but before I start, I would like to…”

“I would like to visit tonight and talk about Iraq and perceptions about Iraq; but before I start, I would like to commend the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Payne) for bringing to the floor this subject of the human rights violations, the countless deaths in the Sudan and other African countries. Mr. Speaker, I am going to draw conclusions that may differ from my colleagues, but I would explain to this House that his perceptions and my perceptions about what is going on in Africa are very similar, and I appreciate his heartfelt contending on behalf of them. Mr. Speaker, I looked at the photographs that America has been looking at and saw the expanded group of photos, and they were startling and disappointing. America and the President have apologized, but the silence that comes from the rest of the world over the beheading of Nick Berg parallels the silence that I hear from the rest of the world about the Sudan and about Rwanda.”