[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 112 (Wednesday, September 20, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H7874]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        CONGRATULATIONS TO ADVO

  (Mr. LAMPSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LAMPSON. Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate ADVO, Inc. in its 
recovery of its 100th missing child that has been featured on the 
``Have You Seen Me'' direct mail cards.
  For 15 years, ADVO has been a strong commitment to aiding in the 
recovery and return of missing children. In partnership with the 
National Center for Missing and Exploitative Children and the United 
States Postal Service, ADVO launched its America's Looking for Its 
Missing Children program in 1985. Reaching an estimated 79 million 
homes each week with pictures of missing children, the familiar ``Have 
You Seen Me'' cards are constant reminders to the public that hundreds 
of thousands of children are missing annually in our country.
  In total, more than 40 billion pictures of missing children have been 
distributed to date, and Americans have responded in an unprecedented 
way. We announced on July 31 the joyous reunion of a 5-year-old 
Pennsylvania girl with her mother, following an 18-month abduction, its 
100th recovery of a safe child resulting from the familiar mail cards.
  One in six children is found as a direct result of programs like 
ADVO. It takes a few seconds of our time to stop, look, and think about 
the children that are featured on posters, on the cards, and on 
television. Each time we see one, we are presented with an opportunity 
to reunite a family with their missing child.
  Once again, congratulations to ADVO on its continued commitment to a 
very worthy cause.

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