[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 34 (Wednesday, March 13, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H2125]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    JUSTICE FOR THE VICTIMS OF PAN AM FLIGHT 103 AND THEIR FAMILIES

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, on December 21, 1988, Pan Am flight 
103 was blown out of the sky by a terrorist's bomb. That brutal, 
cowardly act killed all 259 aboard, including 189 Americans, 1 of whom, 
John Cummock, was a constituent of my congressional district.
  Months of detective work finally uncovered the hand of Libyan 
dictator Mu'ammar Qadhafi behind this tragedy.
  Since the identification of the Libyan agents who committed this 
crime, diplomatic pressure has been applied in an effort to force the 
extradition of these murderers. Qadhafi has refused to surrender them 
for trial, in either the United Kingdom or the United States.
  Today, this House will have the opportunity to allow the families of 
these murder victims a chance to seek justice against Qadhafi, by 
passing a bill that will allow these families the chance to present the 
facts of this crime in American courts.
  I urge my colleagues to remember the victims of Pan Am flight 103 and 
the need to seek justice for their families.

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