i remember alissa and scott and martin, nicolas, aaron, jamie, chris, luke, kara, gina, joaquin, elenameadow, helena, alex, carmen and peter. that is important. i met christine levinson and her children, sara, dunn, stephanie, samantha, whose husband and father, bob levinson, was being hold hostage in iran. when i got to washington, they had already been searching for answers for three years. bob became the longest-held american hostage in history as his family navigated a confusing and disjointed landscape of sources and information across multiple presidential administrations. but the levinsons didn't give up even after we learned of bob's likely death in captivity, they never stopped trying to give other families facing the same terrible circumstance they faced more resources than they had. they didn't stop trying to bring bob and every american hostage home. and because of them, president obama issued an executive order to better track unlawful detainment of u.s. nationals abroad and support the families of detainees. an executive order that was codified into law by my bill, the ro