[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 25778-25779]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                 TRIBUTE TO HANNAH JOANN LANZHEN SIMONS

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                            HON. GREG WALDEN

                               of oregon

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 31, 2000

  Mr. WALDEN of Oregon. Mr. Speaker, it gives me a great deal of pride 
to extend this official welcome to one of our nation's newest citizens, 
Hannah JoAnn LanZhen Simons of Hood River, Oregon.
  Hannah was born November 8, 1996 in Magongtan, Zhejian Province in 
the Peoples Republic of China. Her first months were spent in the Lanxi 
Social Welfare Institute, an orphanage. In the summer of 1997, she was 
adopted at Hangzhou, Zhejian Province, PRC by her mother, Marta Simons, 
and brought to the United States to live. On September 26 of this year, 
she became a citizen of the United States.
  It's a wonderful thing that China allows for these adoptions which 
have lifted little babies out of orphanages and placed them into arms 
of loving families here in America.

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  Mr. Speaker, it's also important to acknowledge the continued efforts 
of this Congress to expand the opportunity and affordability for 
adoption. Together, with families like Hannah's, we're making life 
better for children from around the world.

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