[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 96 (Thursday, June 19, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H5506]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    RESCUING THE CREW OF AQUA QUEST

  (Mr. BILIRAKIS asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BILIRAKIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to ask for the collective prayers 
of this Chamber to help bring my constituents back home to Tarpon 
Springs, Florida. Robert Mayne, James Kelly Garrett, Devon Butler, Nick 
Cook, Steve Matanich, and Michael Mayne are the crew of the Aqua Quest, 
a boat company hired to teach locals in Honduras how to safely scuba 
dive.
  On a quest to do good, these men have been illegally detained without 
benefit of due process for 44 days and have spent several, as I said, 
several weeks in a dilapidated Honduran jail living in unacceptable 
conditions.
  Together with my colleague, Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick, we have 
urged the State Department and Honduran officials to work towards a 
quick resolution to free these men so that they may return to the 
loving arms of their families.
  Your prayers are appreciated, and I have confidence that we will 
bring them home.

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