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Article: Pelosi: 'The United States Stands With the Freedom-Seeking People of Burma in Their Just Cause'
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- U.S. Newswire
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- October 2, 2007
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To: POLITICAL EDITORS
Contact: Brendan Daly or Nadeam Elshami, +1-202-226-7616, both of
the Office of the Speaker of the House
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi
spoke on the House floor this afternoon supporting the non-violent
protests by the Burmese people and condemning reports of a brutal
crackdown by the ruling military regime. Following her statement, the
House approved legislation (H. Con. Res. 200) calling on the Burmese
regime to restore democracy to Burma and immediately release Aung San
Suu Kyi and other political prisoners of conscience:
"Madam Speaker, I'm pleased to rise in support of this resolution
condemning the crackdown on the peaceful ...