[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 83 (Tuesday, June 27, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H5174]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        INTERNATIONAL ABDUCTION

  (Mr. LAMPSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. LAMPSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to tell my colleagues the 
story of Anthony and Timothy Azarmgin. Anthony and Timothy were 
abducted from Missouri by their noncustodial father, Mr. Tony Hossein 
Azarmgin, during their father's visitation period on January 2, 1991.
  By August of 1991, both warrants for kidnapping and unlawful flight 
to avoid prosecution were in place. In 1992, Ms. Lewis, the boys' 
mother, was contacted by Mr. Azarmgin when he insinuated that he and 
the boys were in another country. In 1994, the Interpol developed 
reason to believe that Mr. Azarmgin, Anthony, and Timothy were in 
Tehran, Iran.
  In 1994, Ms. Lewis established phone contact with Mr. Azarmgin, but 
it has been irregular at best. Mr. Azarmgin is not willing to return to 
the United States unless the charges are dropped.
  Mr. Speaker, there are 10,000 American children just like Anthony and 
Tim who have been abducted to foreign countries. I urge this House to 
continue to work with me and help bring our children home.

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