[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 35 (Thursday, March 15, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H943]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   URGING MEMBERS TO SIGN PETITION TO REUNIFY KOREAN-AMERICANS WITH 
                        FAMILIES IN NORTH KOREA

  (Mr. KIRK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KIRK. Mr. Speaker, Mrs. Stanfield has not seen her brother for 50 
years. She is a symbol of the 500,000 Korean-Americans separated from 
their families in North Korea.
  While substantial progress has been made to reunite South-Korean 
families with their known relatives, nothing has been done for Korean-
Americans living in this country. Her cause is our cause, and we have 
now formed the Korean-American Coalition of the Midwest.
  I issue a call to sign our petition to put the reunification of 
500,000 families, Korean-American families, with their known relatives 
on the U.S. DPRK agenda. Together we can make this humanitarian cause 
our cause.
  I salute our Secretary of State, Colin Powell, and his commitment 
this morning to review this issue.

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