[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7624]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               REMEMBERING OUR AMERICAN PRISONERS OF WAR

  (Mr. RYUN of Kansas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RYUN of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, as our collective attention and 
focus is on the war in Iraq, it is critically important that we 
remember our troops who are prisoners of war. Allow me to read the 
names of these brave men and women who are now enduring life as a POW:
  Patrick Miller, age 23, from Park City, Kansas;
  Ronald D. Young, Jr., age 26, from Lithia Springs, Georgia;
  David S. Williams, age 30, from Orlando, Florida;
  Joseph Hudson, age 23, from Alamogordo, New Mexico;
  Shoshana Johnson, age 30, from Fort Bliss, Texas;
  Edgar Hernandez, age 21, from Mission, Texas; and
  James Joseph Riley, age 31, from Pennauken, New Jersey.
  Mr. Speaker, these soldiers are again proving that freedom is not 
free. May we all as Americans remember these brave men and women and 
pray for their families, their safety and their rapid return.

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