The News Conference in D.C.

Marisleysis Gonzalez holds up a photograph taken during the raid on the Gonzolez home by federal agents Speaking at a Sunday, April 23, 2000, news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Marisleysis Gonzalez holds up a photograph taken during the raid on the Gonzolez home by federal agents as Donato Dalrymple, left, one of the fishermen who rescued six-year-old Elian Gonzalez, looks on. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Lazaro Gonzalez and Marisleysis Lazaro Gonzalez, left, the great uncle of six-year-old Elian Gonzalez, holds his daughter Marisleysis Gonzalez during a Capitol Hill news conference Sunday, April 23, 2000 in Washington. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Senator Bob Smith Sen. Bob Smith, R-N.H. holds up an Easter egg he hoped to give to Elian Gonzalez during a news conference on Capitol Hill Sunday, April 23, 2000, in Washington as Marisleysis Gonzalez, left, looks on. Smith and the Miami relatives of Elian Gonzalez were denied access to Andrews Air Force Base where the 6-year-old boy is staying with his father. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Marisleysis Gonzalez and Donato Dalrymple Marisleysis Gonzalez looks on as Donato Dalrymple, one of the men who rescued 6-year-old Elian Gonzalez off the coast of Florida during a fishing expedition, talks to reporters during a Capitol Hill news conference Sunday, April 23, 2000 in Washington. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)


Comments from Marisleysis at the news conference April 23, 2000:


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