[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 124 (Thursday, September 26, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H6696]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             CODE ADAM ACT

  (Mr. LAMPSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LAMPSON. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of the Code Adam 
Act. Code Adam is a proven, successful program that has saved lives in 
the retail environment. It is time to bring that same measure of safety 
to children in Federal buildings.
  Since the Code Adam program began in 1994, it has been a powerful 
preventive tool against child abductions and lost children in more than 
25,000 stores across the Nation. The House and Senate versions of the 
Code Adam Act would require the implementation of this protocol in all 
Federal buildings.
  Wal-Mart started this fantastic program in the name of Adam Walsh, 
John and Reve Walsh's son, who was abducted from a mall and murdered in 
Florida about 20 years ago. Every day I see children walking through 
the Halls of Congress and in Federal buildings back home in Texas. God 
forbid, if a child would go missing in one of these buildings, this 
bill would make sure that a plan was in place to secure that building 
and find the child before something tragic could occur.
  Join me, the gentleman from Puerto Rico and many of our other 
colleagues in supporting this great piece of legislation.

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