[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 46 (Wednesday, April 12, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H2127]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    REUNIFICATION OF FATHER AND SON

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, what I believe the American 
people would like to see as we move through this week is a simple 
reunification of a father and a son, Elian Gonzalez and Juan Miguel 
Gonzalez, without force, without violence, bringing the two families 
together, emphasizing the importance of family, helping us as the 
American people reaffirm our values that father and son belong 
together.
  I hope we, as Members of the United States Congress, whose 
jurisdiction is not in play at this time, and appropriately so, will 
encourage the reunification of father and son, something that Americans 
have believed throughout the centuries.

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