[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 86 (Thursday, June 17, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H4476]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




AMENDMENT TO PROVIDE PROGRAM FOR EARLY IDENTIFICATION AND INTERVENTION 
   WITH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO EXHIBIT VIOLENT 
                               TENDENCIES

  (Mr. OBEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. OBEY. Madam Speaker, the bill we are now debating will try young 
people as adults at age 13. It will provide magic solutions on guns, 
but it will not allow a debate on my amendment to provide a greatly 
expanded program for early identification and intervention with mental 
health services to young people at an early age if they exhibit 
tendencies that might lead to violence.
  At the proper time today, I will ask unanimous consent to allow my 
amendment to be added to those other amendments that will be debated so 
that we can at least try to approach this problem in a comprehensive 
multifaceted way, so that we can deal with the problem of juvenile 
violence in the most comprehensive and rational fashion.

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