[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 33 (Wednesday, March 22, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H1177]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      INTERNATIONAL ABDUCTION NO. 7--MITCHELL AND KELLY GOLDSTEIN

  (Mr. LAMPSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LAMPSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to tell the story of Mitchell 
Goldstein and his daughter, Kelly. Her story is the seventh account in 
my series of 1 minutes on the more than 10,000 children who have been 
abducted to foreign countries.
  In 1996, Mr. Goldstein's Swiss ex-wife abducted their then 4-year-old 
daughter, Kelly Goldstein, of whom Mitchell had custody and took her to 
Switzerland. Since that time, he has been in the Swiss courts seeking 
the return of Kelly, via the Hague Convention. After numerous failed 
appeals filed by his ex-wife, the Supreme Court of Switzerland ordered 
her return to the United States in a final decision rendered in August 
of 1997.
  Mr. Goldstein has been to Switzerland three times to bring his 
daughter home. On these three occasions, he has been denied the chance 
to be reunited with his daughter because his ex-wife has fled with 
Kelly, placed her in foster care, or the court order has not been 
enforced by local authorities.
  Mr. Speaker, Mitchell Goldstein is asking for someone to take action 
and help him bring his daughter home. I urge Congress, my colleagues, 
to step up to the plate and be that someone.

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