【新唐人2009年5月3日訊】 (大紀元記者南希美國華盛頓DC報導) 2009年4月30日，來自紐約、華盛頓等幾個城市的法輪功學員在美國國會眾議院CANNON辦公樓召開新聞發佈會，講述了他們及家人因修煉法輪功在中國大陸所遭受的監禁、酷刑，有的甚至被迫害致死。多位國會議員表示，將盡一切努力幫助法輪功學員，制止中共迫害。
美國國會「台灣事務議員團」新任共和黨共同主席、佛羅里達州共和黨眾議員林肯．迪亞斯-巴拉特(Lincoln Diaz-Balart) 出席了記者發佈會。
以下是林肯．迪亞斯-巴拉特眾議員發言的中文翻譯全文(根據錄音整理)。
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我今天到這個新聞發佈會﹐首先要表示我與法輪功團結的站在一起。我知道這場鎮壓是殘忍的和持續不斷的﹐但是我想要讓這些受到鎮壓與迫害的男士與女士們﹑他們的朋友﹑家人﹑和同情支持者們知道﹐在美國國會有支持他們的朋友。在美國國會有他們的仰慕者。
你們知道﹐我最近看了一場表演﹐這場表演對我有很大的啟發。這場表演是由一個叫神韻藝術團的團體演出的。我非常喜歡這場表演﹐其中的一個原因是它提醒了我們 ﹕“真理﹑公義和愛﹐最終會勝利﹔而殘暴﹑仇恨和壓迫﹐最終會失敗”。所以這場表演對我非常的觸動﹐同時它也提醒了我們﹕法輪功的奮鬥反迫害。他們才是真正的中國人民﹐他們將是最終壓倒性成功的一方。
所以基於這個精神﹐ 我來到這裡並參加這個重要的時刻。 當我們紀念這個10週年被壓制與迫害的同時﹐我們更要記住那些被殺害的﹑那些被囚禁在地牢裡的﹑那些被酷刑虐待的﹑以及他們也承受巨大痛苦的家人們。
在此重要時刻﹐請接受我對你們最全心全意的支持以及我對主辦方組織這個重要紀念會的感謝。
謝謝﹗
I come by and first of all is to express my solidarity with Falun Gong and I know that the repression is brutal and it is incessant, but I want those men and women who are being repressed, oppressed and their friends, families, and sympathies to know that they have friends in the U.S. Congress. And they have admirers in the U.S. Congress.
You know, I saw the performance recently, that inspired me very much. It was by a group called Divine Performing Arts. One reason why I enjoyed that performance so much was because it reminds us that at the end the Truth, Fairness and Love triumph, and Brutality, Hatred and Oppression at the end fail. So I was very moved by that performance but it also reminded us the struggle of Falun Gong. They are really the people of China; they are the one that automatically will prevail.
So with that spirit, I want to come by and join this important moment, When we take note of 10 years of oppression and persecution and we remember those who have been killed, those who are in the dungeons, been tortured, as well as their families who are suffered so much.
Please receive my fullest, most heart-felt solidarity at this moment and my thanks to you, the organizers, who put this together for this important commemoration.
Thank you.