[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 191 (Thursday, December 8, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H8856]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  CONTINUING TO FIGHT FOR PAUL WHELEN

  (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 to join the Whelan family 
to urge the Biden administration to get United States Marine veteran, 
Paul Whelan, safely home from being held hostage and wrongfully 
detained by Russia.
  While we are glad to welcome Brittney Griner safely home to her 
family, to make it happen, the Biden administration ceded leverage and 
released a dangerous, convicted arms dealer who was in prison for 
conspiring to kill Americans.
  This poses tremendous national security risks and will embolden 
Vladimir Putin to take more Americans hostage in the future.
  Meanwhile, Paul Whelan and other wrongfully detained Americans remain 
imprisoned. I will continue to fight for their safe return home.

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