[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5461]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



      SALUTE TO SCOTT GUIDRY BEING HELD IN CHINA AGAINST HIS WILL

  (Mr. WELDON of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WELDON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise to salute Scott Guidry of 
Satellite Beach. He is a constituent of mine who is being held in China 
against his will.
  The EP-3 military aircraft is sovereign U.S. territory. Under the 
1944 Chicago Convention signed by China, that is considered sovereign 
U.S. territory and should be returned to the United States. China has 
chosen to ignore that agreement, along with many others over the years.
  I would encourage every American who is going to go shopping over the 
next few days to look at the labels on the products they are going to 
purchase and see if it is made in the U.S.A. or it is made in China. I 
would encourage every American to stand in solidarity with all those 
servicemen being held against their will and send a message to our 
friends in China that they are doing something they should not be 
doing. We certainly join with all the families of all those airmen, 
naval officers, naval enlisted, who are being held overseas with our 
thoughts and prayers that we are with them. It is time that they be 
sent back.

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