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“CITIZEN PATRIOTISM” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Commerce was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H3058 on April 10, 2003.
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CITIZEN PATRIOTISM
(Mr. TERRY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. TERRY. Mr. Speaker, perhaps more than ever in our Nation's history, at least since the Revolutionary War, our citizens are rising up to their responsibilities to be on guard and report suspicious behavior and activities. Often these patriotic deeds go unnoticed and unheralded. This is true of one such person in my district.
Harvey Rothman, a resident of Omaha, Nebraska, in 1987 was working as a trade specialist for the U.S. Department of Commerce. During that time, he received a phone call from a businessman who believed that some of his product was being delivered illegally to the country of Libya.
Based on that information, Mr. Rothman brought the businessmen together with the Commerce's Department of Export Administration. That led to an investigation revealing that $275,000 in steel pipe was being diverted from Hanover, Germany, to the terrorist country Libya. As a result, an additional quarter million dollars' worth of product destined to this same terrorist country was canceled.
Mr. Speaker, I bring this story to the attention of the House now not to give Harvey Rothman a pat on the back, which he has deserved over these past many years, but because it is a wonderful example to all our citizens that their watchfulness and vigilance could save lives and stop our enemies from terrorist acts.
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