[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 25 (Thursday, March 2, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H512]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         CHILDREN'S SAFETY ACT

  (Mr. FOLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. FOLEY. Mr. Speaker, last September the House overwhelmingly 
passed H.R. 3132, the Children's Safety Act.
  This bill will, among other things, overhaul and strengthen our 
Nation's sex offender registration and notification laws.
  Over the past few years we have lost too many children to the hands 
of these pedophiles: Jessica Lunsford, Jetseta Gage, Sarah Lunde, Megan 
Kanka, Jacob Wetterling, just to name a few.
  While it may not be on the national news, there are still stories 
every day of children being hurt by these predators.
  We still have over 150,000 offenders missing, and those numbers are 
growing.
  Mr. Speaker, the House did its job last fall by passing that bill. 
Now it is time for the other Chamber.
  I applaud the Senate majority leader's recent decision to cosponsor 
the Senate version of the sex offender bill and his commitment that he 
made the other day to victims' parents to move the bill soon.
  We must pass this bill, and we must do it now before another victim 
is killed.

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