[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 16 (Tuesday, February 15, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H604]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   INTRODUCTION OF THE DAWSON COMMUNITY FAMILY PROTECTION ACT OF 2005

  (Mr. CUMMINGS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CUMMINGS. Mr. Speaker, I rise tonight to announce the fact that I 
introduce tonight the Dawson Community Family Protection Act of 2005.
  In my district in Baltimore, unfortunately, about 2 years ago we had 
A family of seven incinerated in the middle of the night because they 
wanted to cooperate with the police, and drug thugs made a decision 
that they would burn them up instead of allowing them to cooperate with 
the police.
  The Dawson Family Community Protection Act would require the director 
of National Drug Control Policy to direct each year a minimum of $5 
million in HIDTA funds to support HIDTA initiatives aimed at increasing 
safety and encouraging cooperation in neighborhoods like the Dawson's.

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