david russell, joshua kesselman, lucy greenberg, shannon, we do, ricky kept part, mary victoria lee, yuki mccoy, rudy praeger, redon suzuki, t. on a we, to conduct we, and tie up one. [applause] proceed. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and members of congress were invited to to testify today. regarding ongoing tragedy of international parental kidnapping. i am joshua izzard, brave father as legal guardian. my american-born and raise a daughter and only child who was taken almost eight months ago to russia. whose voice i haven't heard from many long months now. i've been living for nearly eight months with a hole in my life while some, like mr. sylvester of cincinnati, ohio, because when i read during the preparation of my own, and his daughter and others like them have lived with that whole for many years. our great country must stop the constantly of his most important resource, its children. in the interest of other may i say more tangible our natural resources. or diplomatic games. as a nation we need to construct legal mechanisms to facility resolution of existing parental kidnappings and