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The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from the gentleman from oregon, mr. Blumenauer for five minutes. Mr. Blumenauer thank you, mr. Speaker. One of the most difficult and challenging situation any family faces is dealing with circumstances surrounding the end of life. Earlier this week, n. P. R. Ran a fascinating story on a little known fact ...

Legally end until december 6 1865. Heres thery, mr. Speaker. Following president lincolns election in november of 1860, 12 Southern States ceded from the union in response to their belief that president lincoln would free the four million slaves. South carolina was the first state to de from the union on december 20, right after lincolns electio these Southern States formed the Confederate States of america. They empowered a military elected a president , adopted a constitution, adopted a currency. They engaged in a brutal, brutal civil war with the union. Thousands of lives were lost on both ...

Senator compareder in the United States was the last senator gardner the United States was the last standing. It was hurting our interest. It was hurting the ability of this elected government to have a good start in addressing the problems that had been ignored by 50 years of military authoritarian repressive rule. It does not mean burma had reached perfection. Mr. Murphy we knew this would be bumpy. We knew there would be challenges. We had to look at the tools available to us to encourage behavior change and proper actions. Proper actions are required by all in the International Community, ...

Want to thank each of you for being here. We thank you. Its very timely. In 2009 the Obama Administration shifted the direction of u. S. burma policy. Taking a leap of faith that an approach combining engagement and pressure would help usher in democratic reform where sanctions alone had failed. Although many were skeptical burmas 2010 elections brought an opportunity to test a more proactive engagement approach. And in the ensuing years the United States worked to balance engagement with military and the democratic grass roots movement. Undoubtably this had a positi positivefect on the burmas...

Want to thank each of you for being here. We thank you. Its very timely. In 2009 the Obama Administration shifted the direction of u. S. burma policy. Taking a leap of faith that an approach combining engagement and pressure would help usher in democratic reform where sanctions alone had failed. Although many were skeptical burmas 2010 elections brought an opportunity to test a more proactive engagement approach. And in the ensuing years the United States worked to balance engagement with military and the democratic grass roots movement. Undoubtably this had a positi positivefect on the burmas...