[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 62 (Thursday, May 18, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H2763]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              {time}  1015
 URGING VIDEO GAME MAKERS TO ACT RESPONSIBLY IN WAKE OF RECENT POLICE 
                               SHOOTINGS

  (Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota. Mr. Speaker, the suburbs of Washington were 
shaken last week by the senseless murder of two police officers in 
Fairfax, Virginia. This shooting occurred just days after the 25th 
annual Police Officers Memorial Service honoring the 155 police 
officers who, like Shawn Silvera from Lino Lakes, Minnesota, died in 
the line of duty last year.
  These deaths come at a time when violence against police officers is 
being glorified by video games like 25 to Life which gives players 
points for shooting police officers.
  This is unacceptable, it is outrageous, it must be stopped.
  I urge the makers of this game to think carefully about the message 
they are sending to the families of fallen officers and the impact it 
has on impressionable children. If companies like those that produce 25 
to Life continue to market this filth to our children, I say to my 
colleagues, we have a duty to act.

                          ____________________