[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 106 (Thursday, June 17, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H2915]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 REMEMBERING THE LIFE OF OTTO WARMBIER

  (Mrs. KIM of California asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. KIM of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life 
of Otto Frederick Warmbier as we approach the fourth anniversary of his 
tragic death on June 19, 2017.
  Otto was a kind and studious young man, raised in Ohio, was 
salutatorian of his high school and attended the University of 
Virginia. At the age of 22, he was imprisoned and tortured by the North 
Korean regime following a school tour in 2015 and died a few days after 
he was released.
  Mr. Warmbier experienced what no American or human being should ever 
have to go through. The United States will not back down from holding 
the North Korean regime accountable for human rights abuses.
  As one of the first Korean-American women to serve in Congress and a 
member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, I will continue to do my 
part to advocate for global human rights and hold violators 
accountable.
  We remember and honor Otto, always.

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