[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 159 (Friday, September 30, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H8358]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        BRING OUR HOSTAGES HOME

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, as we begin to take our work recess and 
engage with constituents, families, young people--in Texas sports are 
sort of the heart of our State, we love our Friday night football--I 
want us to think of a young woman who did everything right.
  Brittney Griner, her father was a Vietnam vet, grew up in Houston, 
Texas, went to high school in my district, was quiet but an outstanding 
athlete. Athletes are holistic persons with many talents. She even did 
better than that, graduating from Baylor University and becoming a two-
time Olympian.
  I guess the Russians realized how important a person she is. She is 
now in a cage in Russia, as many of our hostages are in Iran and 
Russia. Putin, I believe, thinks that this is his own special pawn, a 
6-foot-9-inch young woman in a cage.
  I ask my colleagues as they go home to their families to remember to 
tweet out to bring Brittney Griner home and direct it to Putin to stop 
the cruelty.
  Bring Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan and all of our hostages home.

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