[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 56 (Tuesday, May 7, 2002)]
[House]
[Pages H2114-H2115]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           PICTURE THEM HOME

  (Mr. LAMPSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

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  Mr. LAMPSON. Mr. Speaker, I am going to divert today from my normal 
story about Ludwig Koonz and my request to have him returned from Italy 
to his father here in the United States, to talk about and to ask 
Members to participate this month in the Picture Them Home campaign.
  Nearly 2,000 children are reported missing every day in this Nation. 
The Picture Them Home campaign is an annual effort to encourage the 
public to really look at pictures of missing children and report what 
they know to the authorities. One in six missing children is recovered 
as a result, and it is vital that we take the pledge to Picture Them 
Home.
  Mr. Speaker, there are a number of simple ways that Americans can get 
involved and help take a stand against child abduction and 
victimization, making America safer for our constituents. A packet on 
the Picture Them Home campaign will be delivered to Members' offices 
this week. I encourage Members and their staff to look at it and to 
work on the simple efforts that it will detail within that packet. If 
we all do our part, together we can renew interest in the cases of 
missing children that remain unsolved, and help more families bring 
their children home.

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