Official Letters
Signed letter to Bangladeshi PM Sheik Hasina on 1/12/2009
Urging the government to overturn the perdition charges against journalist Choudhurry and release him (10 cosigners)
Wrote letter to Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on 1/15/2009
Calling for new reforms and safeguards to established safe and ethical adoption program in Vietnam. (87 consigners)
Wrote letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on 2/23/2009
Urging Secretary Clinton to use all available resources to secure the release of John Solecki from the Balochistan Liberation United Front in Pakistan
Signed Letter to Egyptian President Mubarak on 4/3/2009
Asking him to release an imprisoned human rights activist and blogger named Abdel Kareem Nabil Soliman, pen name Kareem Amer. (12 bipartisan cosigners)
Legislation Supported
Cosponsored H.Res. 125 on 2/4/2009, Introduced by Rep. Smith (R-NJ) Calls on the Brazilian government to return Sean Goldman to his father, David Goldman Passed the House with a vote of 418-0 on 3/11/2009
Floor Statements
Wrote Congressional Record Statement Supporting H.Res. 125 on 3/12/2009 Thanking colleagues for passing H.Res. 125 and urging Brazil to return Sean Goldman to his father, David Goldman
