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Peace and Human Rights
Promoting freedom, human rights and the rule
of law through international cooperation is crucial to
building a just, peaceful and prosperous world in the 21st
Century. I believe America must exercise fair and
responsible leadership to broker peace and stand up for
economic justice, worker rights, and religious freedom
throughout the globe.
I am working to promote vital global health initiatives, confront governments and regimes that violate human rights, and support efforts to reduce hunger in poor and developing nations.
- 2007-07-12: Statement by Congressman Pete Stark In Support of Ending the War in Iraq
Madam Speaker, I rise in support of ending the War in Iraq.
Last November, the American people demanded a new direction for Iraq. Today, the new Democratic Congress is taking a concrete step toward bringing our troops home.
- 2007-06-29: Letter to President Bush on Guantanamo
Letter urging the President to close detention facilities at the Guantanamo Bay Prison
- 2006-04-06: A letter to Mr. Fred Buenrostro, CEO, California Public Employees' Retirement System (pdf):
A letter calling for the CalPERS pension fund to divest from Sudan because of the genocide in the Darfur region.
- 2006-04-05: A letter to the Foreign Operations Subcommittee (pdf):
A letter calling for increased funding for international family planning programs.
- 8/15/05 — Letter to House Armed Services Committee Chariman Hunter (pdf):
Letter to House Armed Services Committee Chairman Hunter requesting hearings to discuss an end to the war in Iraq and how to start bringing the troops home.
- 7/20/05 -- Stark Opposes H.R. 2601, the Foreign Relations Authorization Act
I rise in opposition to H.R. 2601, the Foreign Relations Authorization Act. This bill endorses more of the same disastrous foreign policy that the Bush Administration has recklessly carried out since entering office.
- 6/29/05: Stark Opposes Funding Bill
WASHINGTON, DC- Late last night, U.S. Rep. Pete Stark (D-Fremont) voted against the Foreign Operations Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2006...
- 6/20/05: Stark Opposes Defense Bill
Today, U.S. Rep. Pete Stark (D-Fremont) voted against “The Department of Defense Appropriations Bill Fiscal Year 2006,” a bill appropriating funds to the Department of Defense...
- 6/20/05 -- Stark Statement Opposing Defense Appropriations for Fiscal 2006
I rise in opposition to this Defense Appropriations bill. I cannot support legislation that throws more money at President Bush’s quagmire in Iraq without the Bush Administration providing a withdrawal date or exit strategy.
- 5/25/05 -- Stark Statement Opposing Wasteful Defense Authorization Bill
I rise in opposition to this defense authorization bill. Once again, the Republican majority has pushed forward a defense budget that does nothing to make this country any safer.
- 5/10/05 — Letter to House Armed Services Committee -- Nuclear Weapons Funding (pdf):
Letter from Rep. Stark to House Armed Services Committee Leaders urging the elimination of funding for the so called "bunker-buster" and other new nuclear weapons.
- 5/10/05 — Letter to House Appropriations Committee -- Nuclear Weapons Funding (pdf):
Letter from Rep. Stark to House Appropriations Committee Leaders urging the elimination of funding for the so called "bunker-buster" and other new nuclear weapons.
- 5/3/05 — Letter to House Appropriations Committee -- Increased Funding for Global Epidemic Control (pdf):
Letter signed by Rep. Stark to Appropriations Committee Chairman requesting an increase in FY 2006 funding toward the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.
- 2/10/05 -- Floor Statement -- Lt. General James Mattis
"Lieutenant General Mattis has no doubt served his country with courage and distinction as an officer in the United States Marine Corps. It is, nonetheless, inexcusable that, as a high-ranking officer of the US military, he would make these callous and insensitive remarks that denigrate the value of human life."
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