[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8063]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       JESSICA LYNCH COMING HOME

  (Mrs. CAPITO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Speaker, this is a good morning to be a West 
Virginian. We found out last night one of our own is coming home.
  Jessica Lynch, a 19-year-old private first class from the 507th 
Ordnance Maintenance Company is in safe hands right now because of the 
heroism of her rescuers, the coalition forces. Jessica had been missing 
for 10 days. She is from Palestine, West Virginia, in Wirt County. Wirt 
County residents are resilient people who epitomize the can-do spirit 
of West Virginia, and it was their prayers that brought Jessie home. 
All of us West Virginians and every American across the Nation can feel 
the Lynch family's relief now that their daughter is in safe hands.
  I stand here today wearing my yellow ribbon because we are waiting 
for other Americans to come home. We are joyful, thankful, grateful as 
we see the miraculous rescue of Jessie Lynch.

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