[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 117 (Thursday, August 2, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H5634]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                THANKING ERNIE ALLEN FOR A JOB WELL DONE

  (Mr. BARROW asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARROW. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay my respects to a tireless 
crusader in the quest to protect America's children from violence and 
exploitation.
  Ernie Allen recently retired as the president and chief executive 
officer of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, where 
his mission was to protect our Nation's children.
  Under Ernie's leadership, the National Center for Missing & Exploited 
Children played a crucial role in recovering some 74,000 children. With 
Ernie at the helm, they saw their recovery rate for missing children 
climb from 62 percent in 1990 to 94 percent today.
  While there's no official record book of what Ernie has accomplished 
over the years, his record lives on in the lives he has saved and the 
families he has reunited.
  I know I speak for my colleagues in the Congressional Missing, 
Exploited and Runaway Children's Caucus and for thousands of grateful 
families all across the Nation in thanking Ernie Allen for a job well 
done.

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