Miller-Meeks Recognizes U.S. Marshals on House Floor

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, April 15th, 2021, Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-02)  spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives to recognize the U.S. Marshals Service Operation Homecoming.

To watch Miller-Meeks’ speech, click here and read her remarks, as prepared for delivery, below:

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the heroic actions of the U.S. Marshals Service.

Last month, the US Marshals service issued a press release:

In an ongoing joint state operation known as “Operation Homecoming”, the U.S. Marshals Service in coordination with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and other Iowa agencies have located 21 missing Iowa children between the ages of 4 and 17 since October 2020. 

As a mother, I cannot begin to imagine the heartache the families of these children have endured, but thanks to the U.S. Marshals Service and other agencies tasked with finding missing and exploited children, these 21 children have finally been brought home.

I would like to thank Deputy Marshal Christopher Siemens, U.S. Marshal Doug Strike, and the more than 50 local task forces that are working to return Iowa children home to their families.

And speaking of missing and exploited children, it cannot go without saying, that missing and exploited children, and what is happening at our border is a travesty.

And I want to thank Customs and Border Protection Agents for all they are doing to try and reunite these children, get them safely to their end result, but it should not continue as the U.S. Federal Government, under this Administration, is engaged in a human smuggling operation.

Thank you very much, I yield back.

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