[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 39 (Thursday, April 11, 2002)]
[House]
[Pages H1203-H1204]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        BRING LUDWIG KOONS HOME

  (Mr. LAMPSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LAMPSON. Mr. Speaker, I wonder what Ludwig Koons is doing this 
morning. Perhaps he is watching his mother get ready for work by taking 
her clothes off for a pornographic photo shoot or get ready for an 
erotic sex show.
  A couple of weeks ago I called the State Department and asked them 
what they were going to do to help fight Italy, who is totally 
disregarding the welfare of Ludwig Koons. I asked for Secretary Powell. 
I did not get to speak with him but soon thereafter received a list of 
actions that the State Department has taken on behalf of Ludwig Koons. 
The actions include on April 22, 2000, the State Department sends Jeff 
Koons, the father, a recap of the activity on the case. Thanks. On 
September 21, 2000, the Consul General, Charles Keil, replies to an 
inquiry from the gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Maloney). Thanks. On 
October 17, 2000, the State Department calls Mr. Koons and agrees to 
talk to his attorney. Thanks.

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  This is what the State Department calls action? If any of us took 
action like that, we could not get reelected. That is what our 
constituents would do.
  I want to send a strong message today to the State Department and to 
Secretary Powell. Congress will not stand for this any longer. American 
citizens, including Ludwig Koons, are being held captive. It is your 
job to bring our children home.

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