[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 19 (Thursday, February 28, 2002)]
[House]
[Pages H635-H636]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF DANIELLE VAN DAM, AND URGING 
  MEMBERS TO JOIN THE CONGRESSIONAL MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN'S 
                                 CAUCUS

  (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 rise today on behalf of the Congressional 
Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children to express my condolences to 
the family and the friends of Danielle van Dam. As an activist on the 
issue of missing kids, far too often I have seen parents who have had 
to deal with this tragedy. I have seen communities mobilized to search 
for a child who has not come home from school or disappeared from home.

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  We must continue to work hard to educate and protect America's 
children from exploitation. I urge all Members to go back to their 
offices and log onto www.missingkids.org and find out how we can talk 
to our children and what we can do to help in our communities. Our 
efforts to prevent crimes against children have not kept pace with the 
increasing vulnerability of our young citizens.
  Please contact my office if Members are not already a member of the 
Congressional Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children. Our children, 
grandchildren, nieces and nephews are counting on Members to give them 
a voice in Washington, as are people like Ludwig Koons, who is being 
kept illegally in Italy with little or no help from the Italian 
Government or the United States State Department. We must bring our 
children home.

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