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My opening statement at today's hearing on #DoddFrank's conflict minerals provisions: http://t.co/5x7D8qUk9B @FinancialCmte
Congressman John Campbell: "Despite the economic consequences, there is no indication that the violence is subsiding. Just this week, the Associated Press reported that M23, a rebel group being funded by Rwanda, opened fire on Congolese military forces north of Goma. M23 soldiers are from the Tutsi ethnic group who are upset that the United Nations intervention brigade has been sent into the DRC with the authority to engage rebel groups. The narrative that Section 1502 is premised upon claims that it’s the minerals that cause the conflict. However, this simple explanation overlooks many other causes of the conflict, including land disputes, poverty, corruption, local political and social antagonisms, meddling by neighboring countries, and other important causes of the conflict."
Appearing on "The Willis Report" (Fox Business), Rep. John Campbell, Chairman of the Financial Services…