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“REVIEWING AMERICA'S ROLE IN GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H3596-H3597 on July 21, 2020.
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The publication is reproduced in full below:
REVIEWING AMERICA'S ROLE IN GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS
(Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Madam Speaker, on Thursday, the Commission on Unalienable Rights of the State Department report was released, as reviewed by Walter Russell Mead in The Wall Street Journal on Friday. The commission was chaired by Harvard legal scholar Mary Ann Glendon.
``America's founding was the most significant event in the history of human rights. . . . Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who convened the commission . . . doubled down on the combative and incendiary nature of the report.''
``Mr. Pompeo summarized their central contention about America's role in the global fight for human rights in nine memorable words: `America is special. America is good. America does good.' It upholds a limited concept of unalienable, God-given rights grounded in sovereign nation-states.
``The Unalienable Rights Commission report is a thoughtful and carefully reasoned document that may serve as an important landmark in future debates.''
In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.
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