Congressional Record publishes “THIRTY YEARS LATER HELP THE HMONG STILL IN LAOS” on May 12, 2005

Congressional Record publishes “THIRTY YEARS LATER HELP THE HMONG STILL IN LAOS” on May 12, 2005

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Volume 151, No. 62 covering the 1st Session of the 109th Congress (2005 - 2006) was published by the Congressional Record.

The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.

“THIRTY YEARS LATER HELP THE HMONG STILL IN LAOS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H3203 on May 12, 2005.

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THIRTY YEARS LATER HELP THE HMONG STILL IN LAOS

(Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)

Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, I rise on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of America pulling out of the Vietnam war.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in horror at the continued atrocities against the Hmong folk who now reside in the jungles of Laos. Like a cheap date, a one-night stand, we abandoned our brethren who fought along with the CIA, and they were forced to flee into the jungle. Reports of rapes, mass killings, use of biological weapons have gone uninvestigated.

Mr. Speaker, I call upon the State Department to press Laos to immediately pull back its troops, grant international human rights monitors and workers access to the Hmong community and allow them to peacefully settle.

Mr. Speaker, we cannot stand by and abandon our fellow soldiers in the Vietnam war.

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 151, No. 62

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