[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 163 (Thursday, November 29, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H8570]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                           A SAD ANNIVERSARY

  (Mr. LoBIONDO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LoBIONDO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on a sad anniversary for a 
family in southern New Jersey. On November 25, 1991, 11-year-old Mark 
Himebaugh left his Middle Township, New Jersey, home to watch 
firefighters respond to a brushfire. He was returning as his mom was 
leaving to run an errand. His mother told him that she would be right 
back, and Mark replied, ``Okay, Mom.'' Those would be the last words 
anyone would hear from Mark. Now, 10 years later, Mark sadly is still 
missing.
  This heartbreaking story is just one of so many in our Nation where 
FBI statistics show that more than 876,000 adults and children were 
reported as missing during the year 2000. The Congressional Caucus on 
Missing and Exploited Children, of which I am a member, is working to 
raise the profile of this issue.
  The best way to help find kids like Mark is to look at the 
photographs of missing children posted at many venues around the Nation 
and call the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's toll-
free number at 1-800-THE-LOST. At their Web site, www.missingkids.org, 
you can see pictures of Mark. Please do your part to help out.

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