Gerry Connolly actually said...

My hope is, given the fact the situation has markedly deteriorated, that will hopefully improve its chances so that we can send a clear uneq...

Nobody brought more passion to issues affecting the African continent than Don Payne.

He will be sorely missed as a colleague and as a friend.

Not to speak out about blatant abuses still going on in Vietnam... would be a dereliction of duty.