CHILDREN TO SAUDI ARABIA

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON

GOVERNMENT REFORM

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

JUNE 12; OCTOBER 2 AND 3; AND DECEMBER 4 AND 11, 2002

Serial No. 107-83

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COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM

DAN BURTON, Indiana, Chairman

KEVIN BINGER, Staff Director

DANIEL R. MOLL, Deputy Staff Director
JAMES C. WILSON, Chief Counsel
David A. KASS, Deputy Chief Counsel
ROBERT A. BRIGGS, Chief Clerk
PHIL SCHILIRO, Minority Staff Director

Hearing held on:

June 12, 2002

October 2, 2002

October 3, 2002

December 4, 2002

CONTENTS

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December 11, 2002

Statement of:

Horan, Hume, former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (1987-88); Dan-

iel Pipes, director, Middle East Form; Doug Bandow, senior fellow,

Cato Institute; Dianne Andruch, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Over-

seas Citizen Services, Department of State; and Ryan Crocker, Deputy

Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State

Mabus, Raymond, former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia; Ryan Crock-
er, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Near Eastern Af-
fairs; and Dianne Andruch, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bu-
reau of Consular Affairs

McClain, Margaret, mother of Heidi Al-Omary; Patricia Roush, mother

of Alia and Aisha Gheshayan; Michael Petruzzello, Qorvis Communica-

tions; Jack Deschauer, Patton Boggs LLP; James P. Gallagher, the

Gallagher Group; Mort Rosenberg, Congressional Research Service; and

Maureen Mahoney, Latham & Watkins

Petruzzello, Michael, managing partner, Qorvis Communications, public
relations firm for the Government of Saudi Arabia; Michael Rives,
father of Lilly and Sami Rives; Maureen Dabbagh, mother of Nadia
Dabbagh; Margaret McClain, mother of Heidi Al-Omary; and Joanna
Stephenson Tonetti, mother of Rosemary, Sarah, and Abdulaziz Al-
Arifi

Roush, Pat, mother of Alia and Aisha Gheshayan

Roush, Patricia, mother of Alia and Aisha Gheshayan; Dria Davis, accom-
panied by her mother, Miriam Hernandez-Davis; and Ethel Stowers,
mother of Monica Stowers, and grandmother of Rasheed and Amjad
Radwan

Roush, Patricia, mother of Alia and Aisha Gheshayan; Margaret McClain,

mother of Heidi Al-Omary; Michael Petruzzello, Qorvis Communica-

tions; Jack Deschauer, Patton Boggs LLP; Jamie Gallagher, the Galla-

gher Group; and Eileen Denza, visiting professor of law, University

College London

Seramur, Samiah, accompanied by her daughter, Maha Al-Rehaili; and
Debra Docekal, accompanied by her son, Ramie Basrawi

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1495

719

816

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Tonetti, Joanna Stephenson, mother of Rosemary, Sarah, and Abdulaziz
Al-Arifi; Margaret McClain, mother of Heide Al-Omary; Maureen
Dabbagh, mother of Nadia Dabbagh; and Michael Rives, father of Lilly
and Sami Rives

427

Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by:

Bandow, Doug, senior fellow, Cato Institute, prepared statement of

Burton, Hon. Dan, a Representative in Congress from the State of Indi-

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Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by-Continued

Burton, Hon. Dan, a Representative in Congress from the State of Indi-

ana-Continued

Prepared statements of...

6, 397, 714, 1258, 1480

Clay, Hon. Wm. Lacy, a Representative in Congress from the State of

Missouri, prepared statement of

Crocker, Ryan, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs,
Department of State, prepared statements of....

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166, 779

Cummings, Hon. Elijah E., a Representative in Congress from the State
of Maryland, prepared statements of.....

Dabbagh, Maureen, mother of Nadia Dabbagh, prepared statement of

Davis, Dria:

Phone call transcript

22, 409, 1666

475

111

Prepared statement of

113

Deschauer, Jack, Patton Boggs LLP; James P. Gallagher, the Gallagher

Group, prepared statements of...

1508, 1516

Hernandez-Davis, Miriam, mother of Dria Davis, prepared statement

of

104

Lincoln, Hon. Blanche, a Senator in Congress from the State of Arkansas,

prepared statement of

1266

1548

Mahoney, Maureen, Latham & Watkins, prepared statement of

Maloney, Hon. Carolyn B., a Representative in Congress from the State

of New York:

Morella, Hon. Constance A., a Representative in Congress from the State
of Maryland, prepared statement of

Ose, Hon. Doug, a Representative in Congress from the State of Califor-

nia:

Exhibit 18

Exhibit 21

Prepared statement of

Pipes, Daniel, director, Middle East Form, prepared statement of

Petruzzello, Michael, managing partner, Qorvis Communications, public

relations firm for the Government of Saudi Arabia, prepared statement

of

Rives, Michael, father of Lilly and Sami Rives, prepared statement of

Rosenberg, Mort, Congressional Research Service, prepared statement

of

Roush, Patricia, mother of Alia and Aisha Gheshayan, prepared state-

ments of....

Schrock, Hon. Edward L., a Representative in Congress from the State
of Virginia, Wall Street Journal article dated December 21, 2001...

Seramur, Samiah:

Exhibits

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132

20

146

721

466

1521

48, 1295

25

1016

Prepared statement of

414

Shays, Hon. Christopher, a Representative in Congress from the State

of Connecticut, exhibit 4

197

Stowers, Ethel, mother of Monica Stowers, and grandmother of Rasheed
and Amjad Radwan, prepared statement of

86

Tonetti, Joanna Stephenson, mother of Rosemary, Sarah, and Abdulaziz
Al-Arifi, prepared statement of

430

Towns, Hon. Edolphus, a Representative in Congress from the State
of New York, prepared statement of

205

Watson, Hon. Diane E., a Representative in Congress from the State
of California, prepared statement of

404

Waxman, Hon. Henry A., a Representative in Congress from the State