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Joe Crowley: “Aung San Suu Kyi has urged a decrease in international pressure on Burma. But by renewing this bill today and keeping…”

On the recordAugust 2, 2012
Aung San Suu Kyi has urged a decrease in international pressure on Burma. But by renewing this bill today and keeping this measure on the books even as we are open to new flexibilities, we will help send a strong signal to those in Burma that the United States will continue to focus on the need for the immediate release of all political prisoners and prisoners of conscience, an end to violence against all minorities, including the Kachin and the Rohingya, and the adoption of genuine democratic reform in Burma. {time} 1020 I stand in strong support of this bill, and I urge its immediate adoption.
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Joe Crowley
Democratic · New York
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Aug 2, 2012

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