[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 33 (Wednesday, March 20, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H1008]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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  SEEKING INFORMATION ON WHEREABOUTS OF MIRANDA GADDIS AND ASHLEY POND

  (Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon. Mr. Speaker, I come before the House today to 
once again alert those who may be watching in Oregon and across the 
Nation to the disappearance of two young girls from my district. 
Miranda Gaddis and Ashley Pond, both 13 years of age, students of 
Gardiner Middle School in Oregon City and teammates on the school dance 
team, have been reported missing.
  Ashley disappeared January 9, and Miranda vanished March 8. Both were 
last seen by their mothers early in the morning as they left their 
homes at the Newell Village Creek apartments to catch the bus to school 
on South Beaver Creek Road.
  Investigators continue to hold out hope that the girls will come 
home. They believe that the girls may have been abducted by a person or 
persons that they knew.
  If Members have any information regarding Ashley and Miranda's 
whereabouts, I ask them to please contact the FBI office or the Oregon 
City Police Department at 503-657-4964.

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