[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 52 (Thursday, April 15, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H2116]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            OUR POWS, WE WANT THEM SAFE, SOUND AND RETURNED

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson-Lee) is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I wanted to join in supporting 
H.R. 84, the resolution by the good and kind gentlewoman from 
California, to acknowledge and applaud the bravery of the POWs in 
Kosova. Two of those young men are members of the Texas family, 
Sergeant Stone and Mr. Gonzalez. We offer to that family or those 
families, along with the family of Sergeant Ramirez, our deepest 
sympathy and recognition of the bravery that these men have exhibited.
  We say to Mr. Milosevic that we hope that he is listening very 
strongly to this resolution that has been offered. We want them safe 
and we want them sound and we want them returned. We also want, as the 
resolution has indicated, that the Red Cross can go in and determine 
that these individuals have been treated fairly and are safe. Most 
importantly, we acknowledge that they have been taken wrongly.
  I hope that as this House has expressed itself in its support for 
these young men and the military efforts, that the families will know 
that we are paying attention to the safety of the POWs and we are also 
paying attention to their needs.
  It is with great regret that I have to stand on the floor to 
acknowledge that today we have POWs, but it is with great joy and 
recognition of our unity that we say collectively today, as the 
resolution was passed, we stand behind those POWs, respecting them, 
honoring them and knowing that they will know that we will not rest 
until they are safely returned.

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