[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15422]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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  BRINGING ATTENTION TO NORTH KOREAN PRISONERS EUNA LEE AND LAURA LING

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Madam Speaker, I rise today to continue to 
bring attention to Ms. Ling and Ms. Lee, who are being held today by 
North Korea. I realize that we have had over the years Six-Party Talks 
and that engagement is important.
  I am not advocating war. I am advocating a resolution to the holding 
of two innocent Americans, one a mother, both renowned journalists, 
both loved by their family members. I believe it is important for North 
Korea to be part of the world community and imagine the concerns that 
would be expressed by anyone holding a North Korean.
  I look forward to working as a member of the Foreign Affairs 
Committee with the administration for the best approach and ongoing 
continuing discussions, discussing nuclear nonproliferation, along with 
the release of these two hostages. But we must make a statement and act 
to have the release of Ms. Ling and Ms. Lee, and we must do it now.

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