Talk:Gheorghe Calciu-Dumitreasa

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This is only intended as a start.--T. Anthony (talk) 07:20, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

No edits requested. -- Neil N   talk to me  00:38, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

How Father Calciu was Released from Prison - by Rob Hartwell, former Chief of Staff to Congressman Richard T. Schulze (R-PA) On a Congressional Delegation mission to Romania in 1988 headed up by former House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dan Rostenkowski (D-IL), my former employer Congressman Richard T. Schulze (R-PA) represented the George H.W. Bush Administration on the trip in a meeting with Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu. At a meeting with the President, Ceausescu demanded that the Bush Administration and Ways and Means pass legislation granting Romania "Most Favored Nation" (MFN) trading status. Congressman Schulze confronted Ceausescu pounding his fist on the table sitting across from him, and stating that until Father Calciu and other political prisoners were released from prison, Romania would never get MFN. Ceausescu turned bright red in a near rage and demanded to know who this man was denying Romania MFN. (In fact Schulze had found out that any one Member of Congress could object denying such status). Chairman Rostenkowski calmly stated that Congressman Schulze speaks for the President of the United States George H. W. Bush. Ceausescu stormed out of the meeting enraged.

Days later Father Calciu was released from Prison and weeks later after recovering, he came to Washington DC to thank Congressman Schulze. I was there in Chairman Rostenkowski's private library with the Father's aid and interpreter (although he spoke descent english). He got down on his knees and kissed the Congressman's hand and thanked him for saving his life and saving his Country. It was probably the most memorable experience of my 13 years on Capitol Hill.

Please contact me at 571-212-2129 or Rob@HartwellCapitolConsulting with any questions you may have.