[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 104 (Tuesday, July 24, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H4436]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               DEMAND THE RELEASE OF GAO ZHAN FROM CHINA

  (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, after a 1-day trial, China 
convicts a U.S.-based scholar of spying. Let me tell my colleagues who 
that is. Gao Zhan lives in this area. She is a mother, she is a wife, 
she is a researcher at the American University. She went to China to 
simply visit her relatives. She has a 5-year-old son that is a citizen. 
She has a husband that is a citizen of the United States. They would 
not allow the United States to sit in her trial and observe.
  Gao Zhan needs to be released now. China needs to come into the world 
arena of friendship and understanding of human rights.
  Secretary Colin Powell must demand her release, and we must pass a 
private bill in this Congress to make sure that Gao Zhan is a citizen 
of the United States. I have filed such a bill. There is a bill filed 
in the United States Senate. This bill must be brought forward, and we 
must demand that China understands that academics is not synonymous to 
spying. It is unfair. It is a tragedy. Unite this mother with her 
child; unite this wife with her husband. Unite this legal resident of 
the United States with her community. Demand Gao Zhan's release now.

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