[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 57 (Wednesday, April 9, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E712]
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                         DEATH OF RACHEL CORRIE

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                          HON. JOHN D. DINGELL

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, April 9, 2003

  Mr. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise to draw my colleagues' attention to 
the death of Rachel Corrie, an American citizen who was killed recently 
by an Israeli Army bulldozer. Rachel was a 23-year-old college student, 
due to graduate this year from Evergreen State College in Olympia, 
Washington. On March 16, Rachel was crushed to death by a bulldozer as 
she peacefully protested the demolition of Palestinian homes in Rafah, 
a Palestinian village in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli government 
continues to destroy Palestinian homes with impunity in the Occupied 
Territories and Gaza.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like to express my profound sympathies to 
Rachel's parents, Craig and Cynthia, their extended families, and to 
all of Rachel's friends, colleagues and co-workers. My heart and my 
prayers go out to them in their time of grief and need.
  Sympathy, however, Mr. Speaker, is not enough. The tragic death of 
Rachel Corrie is yet another example of the failure of the current 
Israeli government's policies regarding the Palestinians. Mr. Speaker, 
the Congress must speak forcefully on this matter. I am calling for a 
full, fair and impartial investigation into Rachel's tragic death by 
the United States government. Rachel's family, the Congress and the 
American people deserve to know what happened to Rachel and why.

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