Senate Proceeding 04-21-09 on Apr 21st, 2009 :: 2:51:15 to 2:56:35
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Sam Brownback: quorum the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. mr. brownback: phr-rpt, i ask further proceedings under the quorum call be the presiding officer: without objection. mr. brownback: there is a previous agreement the final ten minutes be equally divided. five months each side. i would like -- five minutes on each side. the presiding officer: the

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Speech By: Sam Brownback

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Sam Brownback: senator is recognized. mr. brownback: i want to make a few comments in closing. i think there's been a good full discussion about this. i would note i misspoke at one point in time talking about auschwitz is in poland. it wasn't a poland concentration camp. it was in poland. it was run by the nazis. i want to make sure i'm clear on

2:51:52 to 2:52:12( Edit History Discussion )

Sam Brownback: that to individuals. also when i want to add senator hutchison to the north korea sanctions act in the record. mr. president, today marks the holocaust rembrance day. i had the holocaust museum's theme i never again: what you do matters. i thinwhat chris hill did

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Sam Brownback: matters in this case. i want to read one section of what the holocaust museum's statement about what you do matters, what they put forward. they stated this: remembrance obligates us not only to memorialize those who were killed but also to reflect on what could haveeen done to save them. those who survive tell us that as many faced their horrific

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Sam Brownback: deaths, their last words were -- quote -- "remember us. tell our story." survivors promised they would and never again would the world stand silent or look the other way. i can't stand silent or look the other way on north korea. i think never again ought to mean that. the deeds of ambassador hill on north korea: no progress on

2:52:55 to 2:53:15( Edit History Discussion )

Sam Brownback: human rights, terrible deal, failed diplomacy. i think we can -- i can go through. here's what's happened in the last two weeks. north korea's launched a multistage ballistic missile over japan. kidnapped two of our citizens, pulled out of six-party talks, kicked out international nuclear inspectors. restarted its nuclear facilities.

2:53:16 to 2:53:36( Edit History Discussion )

Sam Brownback: and according to to at least one news source is under investigation for shipping enriched uranium to tehran. in all this debate we've had about chris hill, not one of my colleagues defended the deal chris hill got with the north koreans on its merits. nobody defended the deal he's gotten on the merits. they say it's tough to negotiate it.

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Sam Brownback: it is tough to negotiate with, but on the merits this was a terrible deal. the ironic thing is the only thing disphapbts -ld in the -- dismantled in the six party talks was our strategic deterrence and moral authority. that was the only thing dismantled. convening the six-party dialogue is not success in itself

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Sam Brownback: especially if the result is so abhorrent. we will have a chance to talk about this again it's going to be coming up in the supplemental. just to remind the ladies and gentlemen here in the chamber what senator obama said

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Sam Brownback: sanctions are a critical part of our leverage to pressure north korea to they should only be lifted based on north korean peformance. if north koreans do not meet th quickly to reimplement safrpb tions that were waived. there will be more discussions to give north korea more heavy fuel oil.

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Sam Brownback: there will be a sanctions to waiver discussions. i ask my colleagues not to waive. i ask instead we rerao e impose impose -- reimpose the sanctions then-senator obama called for in 2008.

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Sam Brownback: that seems to be an appropriate action to take as we look at this full set of problems we have and the discussions we've had to date. i would ask my colleagues again to consider the qualifications of ambassador hill, the problems that have come under his watch and the korean talks and not confirm him to be our ambassador

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Sam Brownback: for iraq in he's produced such terrible results and on a holocaust day when we say never again. i'd further ask my colleagues that if you do confirm him, if he is confirmed actually do never again. we actually do rember that what we do matters and what we say matters, and that we not just go forward here at this

2:55:46 to 2:56:10( Edit History Discussion )

Sam Brownback: point in time in saying, you know, fine, we're going to go ahead and waive the sanctions. this was part of the hill strategy towards north korea. we're going to go ahead and waive the, and we're going to let it happen anyway. mr. president, i realize that i've used my time, and i do appreciate that my colleagues have let us have a full, full debate on this.

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Sam Brownback: i yield the i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: without objection, the clerk will call the roll.