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Texas: Clarifying the Truth to Senators (Photos) By Falun Gong practitioners in Texas
(Clearwisdom.net) During the past few years of truth clarification to
government officials, we didn't thoroughly clarify the truth to Senators. We
basically took measures such as writing letters, sending faxes and emails, or
making appointments with assistants to senators, but we haven't had an
opportunity to clarify the truth face to face to the senators themselves. Some time ago the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed Resolution
304, condemning the persecution of Falun Gong. Recently, when senators returned
to their own electoral districts, Falun Gong practitioners in Texas made use of
this opportunity to visit the two senators in different cities to clarify the
truth to them. Last weekend when Senator John Cornyn traveled to Austin, Texas to
participate in community activities, he had a short conversation with local
Falun Gong practitioners on Friday morning at an anti-violence rally in the
community. He expressed, "I have learned something about Falun Gong today.
I support you." The same afternoon, when the senator went to Houston to
attend a media activity at a local university, Falun Gong practitioners had a
long and thorough conversation with his assistant Daniel to clarify the truth to
him. Daniel showed sympathy for the practitioners' suffering in the persecution,
and said that he would convey the situation to the senator. Falun Gong practitioner (2nd from right) explains
the facts about Falun Gong to Senator John Cornyn (2nd from left) and
his assistant. The following day, Mr. Cornyn came to a press conference held at a local
university in San Antonio, Texas. Practitioners took the opportunity to
introduce the facts about the persecution imposed upon Falun Gong practitioners
in China and the Jiang faction's extending the persecution outside of China,
including the United States. Practitioners talked about the important role that
Resolution 304 played in deterring the Jiang faction's persecution around the
world. Western practitioners used their personal experiences to illustrate how
they have benefited from Falun Dafa. Senator Cornyn and several assistants
listened attentively to the practitioners' explanation and he said to the
practitioners, "Thank you for coming here to tell us all this, I will
certainly read these materials carefully when I go back." Senator Hutchison (Middle) and Falun Gong practitioners. In the meantime, another senator in Texas, Kay Bailey Hutchison, held a
meeting to sign a new book last Saturday in Austin. Local practitioners attended
the event and clarified the truth to her. Several months ago, Texas
practitioners showed photos of a Falun Gong practitioner being shot in South
Africa, mostly by gunmen hired to stop the practitioners from filing a lawsuit
against the visiting Chinese Vice President. Ms. Hutchison looked at the photos
and was touched. At this meeting, the local practitioners focused on Resolution
304 to clarify the truth, and emphasized that female Falun Gong practitioners
and children were suffering brutal persecution. Senator Hutchison wrote on a
practitioners' book, "To Falun Dafa Women, Best wishes in your quest for
human rights!" Posting date: 11/11/2004
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