House Proceeding 01-30-07 on Jan 30th, 2007 :: 2:05:56 to 2:11:27
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inquiries act will enable the family to determine what actually happened when pat was gunned down in his home on february 12, 1989. this house and numerous international groups have consistently

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: called for a full public inquiry to settle the troubling allegations of collusion surrounding this murder. a recent report of the northern ireland police ohms budsman concluded there was a disturbing

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Speech By: Eddie Bernice Johnson

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: level of collusion between the r.u.c. special branch and loyalist paramilitaries, making this inquiry more important than ever. madam speaker, ensuring a lasting peace in northern ireland requires

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: us to continue to continue the fight for justice that people like pat finucane and rosemary carried on throughout their lives. that's why i want to commend everyone, particularly our sponsor,

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: my colleague from new jersey, for introducing this resolution, urge its passage as quickly as possible so that we can actually see an independent, full inquiry. i yield back the balance of my

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. lantos: madam speaker, i'm very pleased to yield two minutes to the distinguished

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: chairman of the friends of ireland group, our colleague from massachusetts, mr. neal. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. neal: i ask unanimous consent

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: to revise and extend my remarks. i want to thank chairman lantos and certainly chairman smith for bringing this resolution to the floor today. one of the reasons that american foreign policy

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: has triumphed in ireland, it has been because this was done in a bipartisan way. a bipartisan way. the way american foreign policy formally was conducted. and the success that we have

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: enjoyed in the north of ireland has largely been indispensable due to the involvement of america. and revisitting these cases, as mr. smith has requested, and mr. lantos has sanctioned, is

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: terribly important. think of these murders. cold-blooded murders, shooting down attorneys who were providing a common defense for suspected, suspected members of the i.r.a. never was there any

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: indication that they were members of the i.r.a. they were suspected members of the i.r.a. and they were not entitled to a kind of defense under the former justice system in the north of island.

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: the attorneys are murdered as well as suspected members of the i.r.a. what's notable about this is what occurred last week. many of us in this chamber, members of this house have been involved

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: in cases dating back to gibraltar, to birmingham, and to a series of other cases which we in this house brought forward. its--it's members of this body that demanded that the british government

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: bring these cases to light and be put under the magnifying glass of critical analysis. and now we find that not only was there collusion on the ground, there was collusion at the highest

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: levels of the british government where the military gave information to paramilitaries on the loyalist side who then cleared the area so that attorneys could be targeted for assassination.

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: that's how far-reaching these murders were. what is also significant is this, it's because of this chamber that the i.r.a. and its political allies, sinn fein, had the courage to proceed with

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: not only disarmament but just as importantly with joining -- mr. lantos: i'm pleased to yield an additional minute. mr. neal: they decided to join policing. let me say this about policing

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: today in the north of ireland. one section of the community used policing to keep the other section of the community in line. that's what this was about. and now the faith that has been offered

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: by the good friday agreement, again in a bipartisan sense, has allowed us to proceed and move forward. it could not have been done without people like mr. smith and coy go on and on with

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: members of this chamber, mr. lantos, again offering support to this initiative today. it's terribly important and i want to thank all of you and mr. ord, the constable, the chief constable

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: of the north of ireland will be in my office tomorrow to answer questions from the members of congress. i thank the chairman and chairman smith as well. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: from new jersey. mr. smith: continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. lantos: madam speaker, i have no further requests for time. we are striking a blow

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: for justice. we yield back the balance of our time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey. mr. smith: madam speaker, we yield back the balance of our time. the speaker pro tempore:

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Phil Gingrey: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and agree to house concurrent resolution 20. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those

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Speech By: Phil Gingrey