in darfur, in sudan, as you mentioned, mr. chairman, there's a little bit of progress, but a long way to go. as long as there are 1.7 million people still in camps and another 280,000 in refugee camps across the border, we cannot say we come far from the situation of a few years ago. wholesale violence is down, but there is still a great deal of insecurity. the government signed a peace agreement with just one of the rebel movements. we recognize the limitations of that agreement. on the other hand, it contains a lot of the elements that led to the conflict in the first place. we will see if the government and its partner will actually implement some of these programs. we have talked to the movements that did not sign the agreement. several of the armed movements have refused to do so. they did say that if any benefits come from these agreements for their people, they would be happy to see it. their focus is elsewhere right now. just another comment about the situation in sudan itself. in sudan, they are also facing an economi

darfur but in the south. we were at the u.n. the day that the south announced, before the referendum they announced if there is a vote for independence for the south, we will support them. and the minute that happened, everything changed for the south. the idea before that was there's a great possibility of a real civil war, like a bloody war thats with there before. and the minute that chinese say well we'll acknowledge the southern government, everything changed. the north wasn't going to attack. so our feeling is, again, you can't appeal to countries for humanitarian reasons. it really doesn't work. and you know, we're all grown-ups here. but you can appeal to them economically. so we as a group feel as if the united states and china rather than saying you guys should do this because it's the right thing, say listen, the cost of oil is going up for everybody. the president said in the press conference last week, that one of the reasons for the price of oil going up is because of the lack of oil coming out

in darfur, in sudan, as you mentioned, mr. chairman, there's a little bit of progress, but a long way to go. as long as there are 1.7 million people still in camps and another 280,000 in refugee camps across the border, we cannot say we come far from the situation of a few years ago. wholesale violence is down, but there is still a great deal of insecurity. the government signed a peace agreement with just one of the rebel movements. we recognize the limitations of that agreement. on the other hand, it contains a lot of the elements that led to the conflict in the first place. we will see if the government and its partner will actually implement some of these programs. we have talked to the movements that did not sign the agreement. several of the armed movements have refused to do so. they did say that if any benefits come from these agreements for their people, they would be happy to see it. their focus is elsewhere right now. just another comment about the situation in sudan itself. in sudan, they are also facing an economi

in darfur, in sudan, as you mentioned, mr. there's a little bit of progress, but a long way to go. as long as there are 1.7 million people still in camps and another 280,000 in refugee camps across the border, we cannot say we come far from the situation of a few years ago. wholesale violence is down, but there is still a great deal of insecurity. the government signed a peace agreement with just one of the rebel movements. we recognize the limitations of that agreement. on the other hand, it contains a lot of the elements that led to the conflict in the first place. we will see if the government and its partner will actually implement some of these programs. we have talked to the movements that did not sign the agreement. several of the armed movements have refused to do so. they did say that if any benefits come from these agreements for their people, they would be happy to see it. their focus is elsewhere right now. just another comment about the situation in sudan itself. in sudan, they are also facing an economic crisis.

>> we saw it during the darfur crisis, the height of the darfur crisis, there was an explosion across america partly driven by social media in its earlier forms. now that there's this kind of communication has taken a quantum leap, the young people who put together the kony 2012 video tapped into a vein of interest of concern and compassion i think most people didn't know existed. we've seen that a lot, you go to campuses and synagogues and churches around the country, people care about these things, just don't know about them. if you tell them c this is what's going on and what you can do to make a little bit of difference there, most people respond to that. >> george, if bono is able to put disease on the continent of africa and prifevention of aidsn the map in ways the largest economies of the world presented this and he lauded president bush above other countries for launching this effort. why is it so important to do the same for the slaughter of innocent people? >> it depends how you handle it. we're talking about military intervention through nato or unilaterally, depends. the

the current international criminal court mandate is only involves darfur, crimes committed in darfur.o basically as the arrest warrants have been issued for three of the key regime leaders, they are greeted international with a lot of skepticism. there's still a number of governments that read a lot of this evidence as manufactured, and there's still a lot of divisions internationally about whether the crimes are as terrible as they were alleged to have been. so part of the purpose of having this satellite sentinel project is to create airtight evidence for future arrest warrants and prosecutions based on the crimes that are being committed now, which are the same kinds of crimes by the same people orchestrating them as is the case in darfur gratuitous greeting that evidentiary base for future prosecutions, and we hope that at least the three that have already been indicted what i succumb to justice someday. >> could you, i know that their others involved with you that are your partners in this, as you may want to just mention them in terms of who's worked with you and -- >> on these

my first trip as majority leader, i went to sudan and to darfur. i made that my first trip because at that point in time it was one of the most troubled, and still remains, plans in our global. -- lance in our globe. donald payne could not go on that trip. he had another thing to do. "we had a briefing before we went, and he was there. and it was clear from those who briefed us that donald payne was obviously the person they looked to for knowledge and insight into how we could get from where we were then to the -- to what is now the independent south sudan, and hopefully it will remain so, notwithstanding the violence of sudan itself. hong -- donald payne was an extraordinarily conscientious member of this body. more than that, he was a man who cared about his fellow man and fellow women. donald payne was a serious member of this body. that does not mean he was always serious. he had a sense of humor. he was a wonderful, engaging person. but he was serious about what he did. and it reflected how deeply he cared about those whom he served, and abou

curious to know, i don't know the answer to this -- what would someone like mitt romney say about darfur? what would someone like mitt romney say about what's happening in uganda. >> same thing about as rush limbaugh. it is an unfortunate choice of words. he is not going to do something controversial at this point. that's been his burden, right? that's the thing that's kept him from igniting people's passions. santorum on the other hand, like you mentioned, he think that healthcare which we'll be talking about later that beam

co-authored the sudan peace act and worked tirelessly to end the genocide in both south sudan and darfur. he even risked his life in somalia, was shot at in the pursuit of peace. i know firsthand, mr. speaker, how much he truly cared and how hard he worked for peace and reconciliation in ravaged nations. i serve as the ranking member of the africa committee when he chaired it, and he served as the ranking member when i chaired it. finally, just let me say this man who also served as the chairman of the congressional black caucus and until his untimely death today chairman of the congressional black caucus foundation, he was predeceased by his wife, hazel. don is also the father of three, grandfather of four, and great grandfather of one. donald payne, mr. speaker, will be missed. i yield my good friend and colleague, mr. pallone. mr. pallone: thank you, my friend. mr. speaker, i can't believe that don payne is not with us today. i'm looking over there where he would often sit and i would come down on the floor and ask him to do a one minute or special order. he always had a smile on his

but will it help darfur? that's the open question. today, twitter users riffed on the hash tag, clooney's crimes. among them, driving while intoxicating. and statutory dreaminess. they were talking about him. not him. i'm david wright, in los angeles. >> nice. our thanks to david wright. >>> up next, the snowboarder who overcame enormous odds to become a champion. [music playing] confidence. available in color. depend® for women is now peach. looks and fits like underwear. same great protection. depend®. good morning. great day. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> she's a three-time world cup gold medalist. and she also happens to be a double-amputee. she's amy purdy. a pioneer in adaptive snowboarding, a sport she first introduced at the winter x games. my colleague cynthia mcfadden hits the slopes and gets major insights, from an athlete who has overcome seemingly insurmountable odds. >> reporter: i love to ski. i've been doing it since i was a kid growing up in maine. but snowboarding? not so much. okay. i admit it. i was nervous. but the chance to learn

, crimes committed in darfur. an -- they are greeted internationally with a lot of skepticism. there is still a number of governments that believe a lot of this evidence is manufactured and there is still a lot of divisions internationally about whether the crimes are a terrible as they were alleged to have been. part of the purpose of having the satellite sentinel project is to create their tight evidence for future arrest warrants and prosecutions based on the crimes committed now. these are the same kinds of crimes by the same people orchestrating them as was the case in darfur. we hope the three who have been indicted will come to justice someday. >> and now there are others who are involved with you that are your partners in -- i know if there are others who are involved with you that are your partners in this. >> the biggest gift we got was the satellites themselves. the digital globe, for no reason except the goodness of their heart, they donated millions of dollars of imagery. it is hard to explain how imp

but will it help darfur? that's the open question. today, twitter users riffed on the hash tag, clooney's crimes. among them, driving while intoxicating. and statutory dreaminess. they were talking about him. not him. i'm david wright, in los angeles. >> nice. our thanks to david wright. >>> up next, the snowboarder who overcame enormous odds to become a champion. [music playing] confidence. available in color. depend® for women is now peach. looks and fits like underwear. same great protection. depend®. good morning. great day. and those well grounded. for what's around this corner... and the next. there's cash flow options from pnc. solutions to help businesses like yours accelerate receivables, manage payments, and help ensure access to credit. because wknow how important cash flow is to reaching your goals. pnc bank. for the achiever in you. >>> she's a three-time world cup gold medalist. and she also happens to be a double-amputee. she's amy purdy. a pioneer in adaptive snowboarding, a sport she first introduced at the winter x g

i didn't know anything about darfur until i read nick christoph's pieces on darfur.have to have knowledge first. so i think it's a good thing. >> what do you think of it? >> well, you know, president obama sent 100 special forces to the region of central africa to help craft a counterinsurgency strategy to catch joseph kony a few months ago. it's an election year. people are criticizing heavily for doing that. so this gives president obama a great deal of political support to maintain the course of trying to bring an end to this insurgency. yeah, it's not as bad as it was at the height when the sudan government, by the way, the same government that's bringing us the mountains, was supporting t the lords resistance army. so it's a decision to support this decision by the president. >> john, george, a pleasure to have you on. >> thank you. >> and we will be back. >>> why do our kids die in greater proportion, and why don't we live as long? >> yeah. so infant mortality means death before your first birthday. now, you would think a rich, successful, innovative democracy

>>> the government of sudan, led by the same three men who orchestrated the atrocities in darfur, haveurned their bombs on the people. these are not military targets. these are innocent men, women and children. that is a fact. >> actor and activist george clooney appeared before the senate foreign relations committee this week to urge the united states, deal with china to end the bloody conflict in the sudan. over 19-year period, two million sudanese have been slain, with 500,000 fatalities last year alone. mr. clooney recently returned from sudan, where he saw the raw violence firsthand and took a video he made of the trip, which he showed to the senators when requested at the hearing. he told the senators one remedy that might do much to end the violence would be to involve china. the people's republic has a huge appetite for oil, and oil is plentiful in both sudan and south sudan, two new countries formed by one former country and both now officially recognized by the united nations as of last year. china's demand and world demand, including that of the united states, would produce

today he got arrested at the embassy of sudan during a planned protest against the conflict in darfur. nbc's andrea mitchell covered the protest and has never really believed in covering a story at arm's distance. today she got a whole lot closer than that. as she reports tonight, it's all an effort to do exactly what it did, focus attention on atrocities taking place overseas. >> reporter: he is using his celebrity to sound the alarm, trying to arouse the world to stop atrocities by the leader of sudan. >> we are not talking about military intervention. not talking about money. we are talking about political wills. work on the sanctions, freeze this man's money so he can't buy weapons. >> reporter: time is short. in weeks the rains will start. urgently needed aid won't get to a half million starving people. desperate times call for desperate measures. today the actor and his father nick clooney, along with civil rights leaders and four members of congress, deliberately stepped on to the walkway in front of sudan's embassy and were immediately arrested. >> andrea, it's actually a humi

a sad replay of crisis we saw first-hand in darfur. the u.n. says there are now a staggering 1.8 million refugees living in camps like this one here in darfur. clooney spent a couple of hours behind bars. paid a $100 fine and was freed. not quite "ocean's 11." although, like all prisoners, he was forced to turnover his personal belongings. even his shoe laces and his belt. afterwards, we talked to him about his most recent trip to sudan. >> it's really rough. >> reporter: clooney shared his jail cell with more than a dozen other protesters. how did they treat you in there, by the way. >> it was really rough. you can imagine. have you ever been in a cell with these guys? >> reporter: this is your first arrest ever? >> it is my first arrest. thanks for asking. and let's hope it's my last. >> reporter: jonathan karl, abc news, washington. >> some trademark humor from mr. clooney. >>> and for more than a week, now, you know we've been reporting on pink slime, that filler used in your ground beef. it sparked a grassroots movement. so many of you con

a sad replay of a crisis we saw first hand in darfur. >> the u.n. says there are now a staggering 1.8 million refugees living in camps like this one fwh darfur. clooney spent a couple hours behind bars, paid a $100 fine and was freed. not quite "ocean's eleven," although like all prisoners, he was forced to turn over his personal belongings, even show laces and his belt. afterwards, we talked to him about his recent trip to sudan. >> we just came back. this time it's really rough. >> he shared his jail cell with more than a dozen protesters. >> how did they treat you? >> it was rough, you can imagine. have you ever been in a cell with these guys? >> reporter: was this your first arrest? >> this was my first arrest, thanks for asking. and let's hope it's my last. >> some trademark humor from mr. clooney. for more than a week now, we've been reporting on pink slime, the filler used in ground beef. it sparked a grass-roots movement. concerned viewers taking your questions to your butcher. among them a cook book author, cooked it to test the difference.

it's the same people who did it in darfur. it's president omar al bashir. it's harun, the defense minister, all three men charged with war crimes at the defense criminal court are the same people who are indiscriminately bombing innocent civilians all through the yuba mountains. and it's a campaign of fear and death and starvation that we've seen before. and rape, quite honestly. we have seen before in the beginnings of darfur. >> is it recognizable motive or tribalisim? >> you want the people to move off the land, it's good farming, they would like to sell some of that off. but a lot of it is there is a rebel, in-fighting, a war going on but they are not bombing where the war is going on they are bombing the people. they want the people to leave if the people leave the rebels will leave, that is the theory. >> john prendergast is this about oil to some extent, does it affect us in any way the geo-political aspect on us? >> there is a direct affect on us. china gets 6% of the daily imports of oil from sudan directly. just six weeks ago south sudan cut off o

he was author of a congressional resolution calling attention to horrors in darfur. the list goes on and on. i had the honor of being with him in kenya in 2005 for the historic signing of the comprehensive peace agreement which marked the end of a brutal civil war between the north and south which spanned 21 years and claimed the lives of more than two million people. congressman payne labored for years to see that day arrive. no one did more than don payne to bring about the new country which is now the country of southern sue dap. he -- sudan. he fittingly returned to sudan in july of 2007 to join the people in that land in celebrating their long-awaited independence a fulfillment of the promise. upon being chosen to report to the official u.s. delegation, he offered the fol rowing statement he said, as a ranking member on the house foreign affairs subcommittee on africa, global health and human rights, i have been committed to helping sudan achieve peace and justice. indeed, he was committed. congressman payne worked hard, traveled to the region countless times, e

it's the same people who did it in darfur. it's the president, it's the defense minister.ed with war crimes at the international criminal court are the exact same people who are indiscriminantly bombing innocent civilians all through the mountains. and they are causing -- and it's a campaign of fear and death and starvation that we've seen before, and rape, honestly, that we've seen before in the beginnings of darfur. >> is there a recognizable motive? >> the motive is you want them to get out. you want them to get off the land. first of all, it's good farming and they would like it. they would like to sell that off. but a lot of it is there is a rebel, there is fighting going on. there is a war going onment but they're not bomb willing wheing war is going on. they're bombing the people. if the people leave, then the rebels will leave. that's the theory. . >> john, does this affect us in any way? >> it has a direct effect on us, chris. i think china gets 6% of the daily imports of oil from sudan directly. and just six weeks ago south sudan cut off all of its -- it turned o

he was among the very first to call attention to the genocide taking place in darfur. he traveled there, often alone, with just one or two aides to talk to refugees inside darfur and camps along the border and stand witness to their suffering. he was tireless in his commitment to the people of africa and their well-being. we all look to him for leadership, for advice, and for help. he extended the same commitment to the people of african descent in our own hemisphere. i personally know how much he did to promote their rights and protect their leaders and communities. we will miss him. we will miss his leadership. but, mr. speaker, he believed that human rights ought to matter and he believed as we all should believe if the united states of america stands for anything, it ought to stand out loud and foursquare for human rights. mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentlelady from north carolina, ms. foxx, for five minutes. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i'm extremely disappointed by the presi

curious to know, i don't know the answer to this -- what would someone like mitt romney say about darfur? what would someone like mitt romney say about what's happening in uganda. >> same thing about as rush limbaugh. it is an unfortunate choice of words. he is not going to do something controversial at this point. that's been his burden, right? that's the thing that's kept him from igniting people's passions. santorum on the other hand, like you mentioned, he think that healthcare which we'll be talking about later that beam care is the death nell of freedom. this is what hyperbole oversimplification is what the season is all about. >> you started this conversation by talking about the 17-minute film that the obama administration has put out essentially sort of chronicling what he has been able to accomplish as president. and it is narrated by tom hanks and other celebrities but it is does in a beautiful way. i saw it last night. compared to the 80 million who had seen the kone video -- >> it was moving. >> they both are very moving. by the time you're done with this 17-minute film of t

. >> guest: what is going on right there is exactly what we saw in the beginning of darfur. same people charged with war crimes and haroon, the defense ministry. >> chris: all government of sudan. >> guest: all three men charged in the hague are bombing indiscriminate innocent exclusiveliians -- exclusive civilians with the rockets. and so described in the geneva convention that is a war crime. >> chris: john, why is the sudanese government targeting the people. >> guest: there is a civil war in sudan. south sudan succeeded when they left sudan. sudan that is left behind without the south is at war in a number of places. this is along the western and southern border of sudan is on fire. basically they are fighting a civil war and they are using tactics that are designed to clear people out. it is ethnic cleansing in the areas where the active war are. so instead of fighting against the rebels, they go after the civilian supporters of the rebellions, the oastest trick in the book. drain the water to catch the fish. drain the people and harder for the rebel to stay afloat. tha

, and-- >> in his travels to places like darfur, where water and food remain scarce and the threat of violence, from the forces remains high, doc assembled a team of muslims and christian relief workers and worked through scary situations to complete the humanitarian mission in the middle of at war zone. motivated by the common hope to save lives. >> and i had to see the kids, they got to be children again, this war, not only was making them living in an area they didn't have clean water, but it was stealing their childhood and just to see how something as simple as clean water right there at someone's fingertips can have that much impact on a child's life is, it's a life changing experience for sure. >> doc has been working tirelessly to help with relief efforts in haiti where clean water has been needed since the country was rocked by devastating earthquakes. in his book, wine to water, doc documents his efforts to save lives, hoping to inspire others to get involved. >> not just that, this water crisis is so terrible and needs to be addressed, but also that feeling it is for someon

i said let's go to darfur, you be the newsman and i'll be liz taylor and let's get it on the air. and he said okay. so yeah. i believe that if we go and we're standing where people are shooting rockets at us and we're standing there where there is a bomb hit the ground and didn't blow up, and that helps get attention to the story that we're trying to tell, then that's all we can do. i don't make policy. i can just make it louder. >> while you were on this trip to sudan, the kony 2012 video -- >> i found about it. >> it went viral. millions of people watching it about joseph kony who with his guerrillas, the lord's resistance army killed or displaced millions of people in central africa. what do you make of the fact that this has hit such a nerve and despite fact that people will watch it, what does it matter? >> an interesting thing about this is, what we do and what's important is first of all, you need some political will to get things done. president obama sent 100 guys in to instruct people looking for kony. he took some hits for it for a period of time. there are less hits co

i said, let's go to darfur.e newsman i and will be liz taylor and let's get it on the air and he said, okay. i believe if we go and we are standing in a place where people are shooting rockets at us and we are standing there where a boom hit the ground and it didn't blow up and that helps get attention to the story we are trying to tell, that's all we can do. i don't make policy, i can just make it louder. >> chris: while you were on the trip to sudan, the coney 2012 video -- >> i found out when i got home. >> chris: went viral. millions of people watching about joseph kony and his guerrillas, the lords resistance army has killed or displaced millions in central africa. what do you make of the fact that this has hit such a nerve, and despite watching it, why does it matter? >> an interesting thing is, what we do and what is penitentiary, first of all, you need some political will to get things done. president obama sent 100 guys in to -- to instruct people looking for kony. right? he took some hits for t. there

she first helped to direct the world's attention on the infamous darfur region.ere more than 300,000 people are on the run. ann is just back from her latest trip where she found that the nuba people have a fierce and unlikely ally, a young american man risking his life to bring their story to the world. you could call him the man who stayed. ♪ >> reporter: a woman in sudan's nuba mountains sings, there is no comfort in this world, and here where a war is raging, comfort is indeed hard to find. virtually cut off from humanitarian aid and media coverage, many nuba say they worry they will die in darkness. 30-year-old american ryan boyette refuses to let that happen. >> i am seeing it, i'm a witness to it. if i don't show it, then i have some sort of guilt. >> reporter: ryan came to the nuba mountains nine years ago with a christian aid organization, samaritans purse. he married a nuba woman and learned to speak the local language. when war broke out last june and samaritans first ordered him to evacuate, he politely quit. >> so why did you stay when everyone else r

. >>> a dozen people arrested for protesting the atrocities in darfur today. actor george clooney and his dad were among those cuffed and led away by officials. both were released after paying a $100 fine and our own kristin fisher was there outside a sundanese embassy when it all went down. >> it is my first arrest. thanks for asking. let's hope it's my last. >> reporter: george clooney just minutes after bailing out of jail. he told a crush of reporters he got arrested to bring awareness to the crisis in sudan. >> you never know if you're accomplishing anything. we're trying to bring attention to a moment in time that is actually important. >> reporter: that moment is the start of a rainy season in sudan, a time when the region is unreachable. today clooney and hundreds of protestors gathered outside the sundanese embassy and accused the country's president of using food as a weapon. they urged the u.s. and other countries to act before it's too late. >> immediately we need humanitarian aid to be allowed into the sudan before it becomes the worst humanitaria

primaries on c-span and online at cspan.org slesh campaiom sloh >>> we have problems of genocide in darfur and a growing problem with iran. we have a lot of problems to deal with and i think diplomatic solutions are going to have to be the answer in the future as we start to deal with the problems coming. >> congressman donald payne, who passed away this week, was the first african-american to serve in the house from new jersey. he was former head of the black congressional caucus and seeervn and foreign affairs. watch the speeches from the house floor and other c-span appearances all archived an searchable online at the krechlt span video library.