[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 69 (Thursday, May 22, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H3174]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           WE MUST DO A BETTER JOB OF PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN

  (Mr. LAMPSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. LAMPSON. Mr. Speaker, my home State of Texas and sadly, all of 
America, is suffering from a rash of child abductions. In the Ninth 
District community of Friendswood, the Smither family buried their 12-
year-old daughter, Laura, last month. In Killeen, TX, the Thompson 
family buried 7-year-old DaNydia. Each of these little girls were 
abducted by strangers and murdered.
  We must do a better job of protecting our children, sometimes even 
from their parents. Three-year old Bianca Isabella Lozano was abducted 
April 7, 1996, from Baytown, TX, another town in my district. 
Authorities believed she was kidnapped by her own father. Her mother 
and her family do not have any idea if she is OK or not. I have printed 
her picture and vital statistics on my office envelopes in hopes that 
someone has seen her and can point the authorities in the right 
direction.
  We have formed the Missing and Exploited Children's Caucus to do what 
we can to help families like Bianca's. I urge my colleagues to join.

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