House Proceeding 04-28-09 on Apr 28th, 2009 :: 2:14:30 to 2:16:45
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2:14:28 to 2:14:48( Edit History Discussion )

Dan Burton: hopefully returning him home safe and sound. i strongly support this resolution and i urge all my colleagues to do likewise. i want to thank the gentleman from florida, mr. wexler, for introducing this r i reserve the balance of my time.

2:14:30 to 2:16:45( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Dan Burton

2:14:49 to 2:15:09( Edit History Discussion )

Dan Burton: . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from indiana. mr. burton: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. burton: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. burton: over two years after disappearing in iran, robert levinson, who my colleague described as a u.s. citizen and resident of florida, he remains

2:15:10 to 2:15:31( Edit History Discussion )

Dan Burton: missing. during that time the regime of iran has continually obstructed efforts by the united states government to investigate mr. levinson's disappearance. as senator bill nelson stated on january 13 of this year at a hearing of the senate foreign relations committee, in iran the door has been closed at every single turn.

2:15:32 to 2:15:53( Edit History Discussion )

Dan Burton: mr. levinson is a 28-year veteran of the f.b.i. and drug enforcement administration. he and his family including his wife and seven children deserve our every effort to determine his status and hopefully to secure his freedom and safe return home. therefore i strongly support house concurrt resolution 36 which urges the iranian

2:15:54 to 2:16:14( Edit History Discussion )

Dan Burton: government to intensify its cooperation on mr. levinson's case with the swiss embassy in tehran and to share the results of its investigation with the f.b.i. this legislation also urges the president and u.s. allies to raise mr. levinson's case in all appropriate multilateral and bilateral forums and expresses

2:16:15 to 2:16:36( Edit History Discussion )

Dan Burton: our sympathy to his family duri this very difficult and trying time. i thank my good friend and colleague, mr. wexler, the chairman of the house foreign affairs subcommittee on europe, for introducing this resolution. this is the kind of thing, mr. speaker, that everybody in the world ought to be concerned about. we have a young reporter who has disappeared over there ands unaccounted for.

2:16:37 to 2:16:45( Edit History Discussion )

Dan Burton: mr. levinson is unaccounted for. this government of iran should join the family of nations and start being like everybody else