and then of course, not them afterwards, terry anderson was kidnapped, longest held hostage with 7 years. and then we all realize we were in trouble. me. terry edison was the senior associated press correspondent on the 16th of january, 1985. he was kidnapped on his way to the commodore hotel 3 years into his detention. his kidnappers released the photo of him wearing a commodore hotel t shirt designed by yusef and his owl for his journalist guests. anderson was the 1st journalist to be kidnapped in beirut. would be the last to be released in 1991 several different groups carried out the hostage taking but the most prominent was islamic jihad. so i wouldn't advise any foreigners to stay here the moment while the situation so dangerous. in november 1985, such the special envoy to the british archbishop of canterbury, terry wade arrived in lebanon, and it goes ca hostage releases. he stayed at the riviera hotel, but often went to the commodore to meet journalists. on the 21st of november, fighting known as the battle of the flag between different left wing allied lebanese militia controlli

terry's family, friends, and all of those impacted by his life of service and congratulate him on this enormous contribution to our nation. mr. speaker, i rise today to congratulate mr. vernon anderson of cal yahweh county on his induction into the kentucky trap league hall of fame. vernon has qualified 10 times for the kentucky state trap team, and has been a member of the kentucky trap league board of directors for the past 12 years. he humbly describes himself as a consistently good trap shooter. anyone who can hit 99 out of 100 moving targets at various distances is nothing less but a great shot. vernon has always paved the way for younger generations to participate in trap shooting. in 2015 his activism led to trap shooting become an official high school sport in contract crefment became the county's high school coach where he passed on his knowledge and passion for the sport to students. once again i'd like to congratulate my friend vernon on this great honor and thank him for his continued service to the students of cal yahweh county, kentucky. mr. speaker, i rise to discuss the current state of our economy . with ill-advised lockdowns finally ending, our economy should be fi