dr. brunson, for a year. i have to warn fellow americans that turkey is not necessarily a safe place to do business and to travel anymore. turkey has the authority right now to be able to release dr. brunson. he's an american citizen and a pastor. they have the ability to be able to do that. recently the appropriations committee passed an amendment into an appropriation bill giving additional authority to our state department to be able to take action against turkish officials that hold american citizens like this and put specific sanctions on those individuals. i hope that the state department will use that tool in their toolbox to apply pressure to the turkish people to not impose arbitrary detention on united states citizens. i hope in the days ahead that the turkish government will turn around to a more open democracy. they have been a nation in the past that was historic for their stand for religious liberty and democracy and we would love to see a turkish ally still stand for the protection of all citiz