Nick Lampson: “Today I begin a series of 1-minutes that recognize the enormous problem this Nation has with children who have been…”

“Today I begin a series of 1-minutes that recognize the enormous problem this Nation has with children who have been abducted internationally. Last week I met with six parents from across the country whose children have been taken from them and are being held in foreign countries. I had the opportunity to sit down with them, to look into their eyes and to hear their stories. And the pain that they experience on a daily basis is heart wrenching. There are 10,000 American children who have been taken to foreign countries; and it is time for Congress, the media, and the American people to focus their attention on these children and bring them home to their rightful parents. These stories are about families, about reuniting children and parents. When we look at a globe, we may see boundaries; but when it comes to reuniting families, we must know no boundaries. Tomorrow I will tell the story of Saif Ahmed, a young boy from my hometown who was abducted by his father and is now being illegally held in Egypt.”