[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 1038-1039]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                        INTERNATIONAL ABDUCTIONS

  (Mr. LAMPSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LAMPSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today for the first time to address 
the 107th Congress. Representing southeast Texas has been an honor and 
a privilege, and I look forward to two more years of service.
  My grandson Nicholas joined me at the swearing-in ceremony this year 
and that was great; but unfortunately, there are many grandparents and 
parents who have not been so lucky and do not have the opportunity to 
share their lives with their children and grandchildren.
  During my first year in office, I founded the Congressional Missing 
and Exploited Children's Caucus in response to the abduction and murder 
of a 12-year-old girl in Friendswood, Texas. The devastation felt by 
her family and the determination of the volunteers who searched for her 
inspired me to found this caucus, which includes 138 members and 
provides a loud and unified voice for missing children within Congress.
  Mr. Speaker, as we begin the first session of the 107th Congress, I 
ask my colleagues who are not already members of the caucus to join me 
and to encourage those who are already members to continue fighting 
with me for

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our children and for our families. Let us work together as parents, 
grandparents, and Members of Congress to keep our children safe.

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