[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 19435]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                    BRINGING ABDUCTED CHILDREN HOME

  (Mr. LAMPSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LAMPSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in my continued effort to 
bring to this House's attention my deepest concern for the American 
families destroyed by cases of international child abduction. Today, I 
will share with my colleagues the story of Gabrielle, Elizabeth and 
Ashley Millares, who were taken by their non-custodial father, Mr. Arle 
Millares, on December 25, 1996.
  A felony warrant for child concealment was issued in January of 1997. 
Mr. Millares and the children are believed to be in the Philippines, 
his place of birth. He does not have American citizenship, nor has he 
ever had a Social Security number.
  Mr. Millares and his children were featured in the December 1997 
issue of the Front Line newsletter, a publication of the National 
Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Mrs. Jennifer Murphy, the 
custodial mother, has not seen nor heard from her children in over 6 
years.
  Mr. Speaker, I come to the floor for these daily one minutes because 
I care about families and reuniting children with parents. I urge my 
colleagues to join me in spreading the message and taking a responsible 
role in bringing our children home.

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