[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good morning. I want to thank you for taking the time to join us today, to thank my colleagues for paying attention to this important issue as well. I am going to do for any remarks for myself other than to say its an important issue to speak about and keep in the face of everybody, americans detained abroad. It is something that we constantly pay very vigilant attention to the chairman mccaul, im going to yield to my colleague and friend mr. French hill who did all of the heavy lifting lifting up in front of the government and to say thank you, mr. Hill, for the work you put in all this. Not just for this roundtable by consistently threat to time the congress. You are recognized, my friend. Chairman mast, thank you. Chairman mccaul thanks for your consistent vision of m half of americans wrongfully detained or held abroad. First let me start out before i do some opening comments and welcome our families and provides some introduction
[indistinct conversations] good morning. In congress, and your recognize, my friend. Mr. Hill chairman mast, thank you. First, let me start out before i do opening comments and welcome our families and provide introductions for the family members who are here on this very tough, emotional day for them. And a quarter, her husband ryan is a humanitarian aid worker who has been imprisoned in afghanistan since 2022. He is the father of three kids and has been away for 600 days. Deborah, her son is a freelance journalist and was kidnapped in syria in 2012. This august will mark his 12 and hopefully final year away from home. My dear friend marion, her father is a texas psychologist who traveled to syria back in february 2017 to treat refugees and establish a clinic. A day after arriving, he was stopped at a checkpoint outside of damascus and has not been seen since. Giselle, her father jimmy is an iranian journalist and Software Developer who has been detained by the Iranian Regime since 20
Runs an hour and 45 minutes. [indistinct conversations] good morning. In congress, and your recognize, my friend. Mr. Hill chairman mast, thank you. First, let me start out before i do opening comments and welcome our families and provide introductions for the family members who are here on this very tough, emotional day for them. And a quarter, her husband ryan is a humanitarian aid worker who has been imprisoned in afghanistan since 2022. He is the father of three kids and has been away for 600 days. Deborah, her son is a freelance journalist and was kidnapped in syria in 2012. This august will mark his 12 and hopefully final year away from home. My dear friend marion, her father is a texas psychologist who traveled to syria back in february 2017 to treat refugees and establish a clinic. A day after arriving, he was stopped at a checkpoint outside of damascus and has not been seen since. Giselle, her father jimmy is an iranian journalist and Software Developer who has been detained b
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