I know also that I speak for all of our colleagues in saying that we shall not rest content until, like Father Jenco, all of our other fellow Americans being held prisoner by barbarians in Beirut once again stand free on the soil of the United States.
Welcoming Father Jenco, a released hostage, to the Senate.
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